Theme for Marcus

And now for something completely different. (I do write music for outside the church too--really!)

Back in 2000 (I think--the brain cells are starting to go dim here) I had the pleasure of providing the incidental music for Listen!, a play by Leah Cooper. It was performed in the Minnesota Fringe festival that year. The play is a "battle for the soul" of Joe between his Eco-friendly girlfriend (Katie) and his corporate boss (Marcus). The follow is a line of Marcus's that I used as the jumping off place for this composition, A Theme for Marcus.

MARKUS: ...Dose up on the gingko biloba and bring your brain. Ten minds, ten mouths, one note-taker, locked in a room together. Stream of consciousness stuff. This is where the product image gets conceived. Identify the essence of the allure, get in touch with the product's sexy side. Spin that into a lifestyle image. Invent a look, jingle out a voice, manufacture some soul, and bring your brand name to life!

(quoted with permission of the author)

Give a listen (no pun intended) to it.

New web hosting service

Well, I upgraded the website last night, so now I have plenty of room for mp3 files. Slowly but surely things come into place.

It's been a while

I realized I haven't written an entry on this blog for a while. Lots of things have been happening "behind the scenes", but haven't really had a chance to put things out. I need to upgrade my web hosting service for gennaula.com (where I put all my mp3 files) and so that has been somewhat of a blocker since I don't want to put too much more stuff out to my current website that I'll just have to move.

I was realizing that all of the pieces I've put out so far as been from my "sacred catalog." I need to get a bit more of my theater pieces out.

Now that I'm "40 something" I'm definitely having those times where I think "wouldn't it be great to be back in college when I could just play around at a piano or computer for hours"? That gets a bit more difficult when you mix in family, house, and job.