Some more vocals

Recorded some quick temp vocals for Marvels of the Universe and Love Is Nothing But A Lie. Also put the vocals back on 'Til The End on the site.

I'm not spending much time on these vocals because they're just temporary quick placeholder stuff to show what it'll sound like and so I can hear myself what it's sounding like. So the recording isn't too great, I mess up the words sometimes and don't do second takes, etc., etc...

Anyhow, check it out: STEALTHMAN SITE

STEALTHMAN

Recorded a bit of vocal for the song Stealthman, just for fun.

Speak Easy

I worked the orchestrations a bit more for Speak Easy and then, kind of just for fun, recorded a few vocals for it. As usual lately, these were put in very quick and aren't a really great recording or sung too well or anything, but they show how the song will go, basically.

STEALTHMAN libretto available (sort of)

The libretto...as it stands...is available online now. See it under the WORDS catagory on the STEALTHMAN site or go to it directly here.

Keep in mind that it's a work in progress. (I start it with a big, red disclaimer.) The idea here is to share the development process. The libretto is very incomplete at this point. Some songs have full lyrics...but even those will likely change. Most songs have partial lyrics and many have no lyrics at all. The story is kind of told too...as it stands. I'm still working out the story, so there is some detail missing and things that don't make sense. Accordingly, feel free to leave comments on this blog about things that don't make sense or whatever because it may help me to fill out some of these points that I may have just forgotten to add to the libretto thusfar...or help me to realize that I need to make something up to fill out or fix an idea here or there.

Vocals on One Man Caring

So I recorded some temporary vocals for One Man Caring last night just because I wanted to. I didn't have the lyrics with me, so I just fumbled through and used the word "something" a lot. Not a great recording, but not horrible either. And it gives the basic idea of what it's meant to sound like.

ONE MAN CARING

One Man Caring

Okay, so I pulled another old song out of the archives and am renewing it for Stealthman. Don't know if it'll stick or not.

Basically, the chorus of this was written to be a Michael Jackson sound alike song. When I moved on past my Michael Jackson phase in the 80s, I sort of dropped it. Well, now, of course, with his death, I've been mindful of his stuff again and have a renewed interest. I thought of this song and then was struck with the idea that it could work really well for Stealthman. Basically, the thought was to use it as a strong and blatant MJ rip-off -- similar to the Elvis style song in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. But not a parody. The way it will work is thus: Our Stealthman character (Donald) has fantasies. He goes in and out of the strength of these fantasies. So my thought is this. After he meets Sam (his Sancho character), Sam asks him why he's so intent on saving the world, or something like this. This brings out a fantasy moment in Stealthman (Donald) where, in his explanation to Sam, he imagines himself to be an arena pop/rock star (akin to MJ) singing about making the world better, etc...

Anyhow, like I said - I'm not sure if this'll stick or not...but for now, it's in and there's a clip of it on the Stealthman site, so check it out.