Monthly Archives: April 2012
Getting It All Together
We are in the process of consolidating all of our music and our artwork to develop an interactive app containing songs for children “sung by” characters from Shakespeare. Although the main content consists of beautiful new nursery rhymes that children … Continue reading
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#happybirthdayshakespeare
We all like to think we discovered our greatest loves on our own, whether it’s our spouse, Radiohead, or Shakespeare, but the truth is, there were always external forces at work. Even this blog post was inspired by a project … Continue reading
Happy Birthday William!
Happy 448th birthday, Shakespeare. You may be gone, but your words still live. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ShareTweet
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Addressing Children’s Issues
Something that’s become an important part of this songwriting process has been to find children’s issues that can be addressed through these songs – it gives the children something tangible to identify with, and it’s kind of therapeutic for them … Continue reading
Filed under A Midsummer Night's Dream - Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream - Helena, Contents, Cymbeline - Imogen, Henry VI part 2 - Queen Margaret, King Lear - Cordelia, Progress, Romeo and Juliet - Juliet, The Comedy of Errors - Dromio of Ephesus, The Taming of the Shrew - Petruchio, The Winter's Tale - Old Shepherd, Troilus and Cressida - Achilles, Two Gentlemen of Verona - Launce
Some Concept Art
These are just concepts, but I think they’re quite beautiful. They’re mixed media – fabric and paper, overpainted (is that a correct term? I’m not an artist, so I don’t really know these things) and then lyrics added in Photoshop. … Continue reading
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Sherman Loves Eric and Olivier
What an experience for Sherman! Since her recent session at the recording studio, she’s been building recording studios with Lego, she’s been singing continuously, and today she drew this lovely picture. I mailed it to the guys. ShareTweet
Response to Videos
Well, the emails and responses have been streaming in! Here are some highlights: Sherman has the voice of an angel! You have hit on something here! As soon as the app is out, let me know, because I want it! … Continue reading
It’s Just a Name (sung by Juliet from “Romeo and Juliet”)
I didn’t intend to make a video of this one, but I had some footage left over, so I cobbled this together. ShareTweet
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I Don’t Know What to Say (sung by Cordelia from “King Lear”)
This is it! Sherman’s singing debut! ShareTweet
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Recording Studio Visit
So this is a sneaky thing I did. I’d already arranged for my daughter, Sherman, to record some samples in the recording studio tomorrow, but I didn’t tell her. Instead, I took her to the studio today to meet the … Continue reading
