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Hi All...I haven't posted anything here for a while. My musical directions have changed a bit. I quit the band and, accidentally at first, have got into acting and creating show music. Many of the theatre companies I work with can't afford professionally recorded tracks, so if they want original pieces, in different styles BIAB is a great alternative.

One of my ongoing projects is a version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The director has set it in the 1960's and wants short original songs to connect the scenes. So, I've written him several, based on the same thematic idea, all using the play title. I guess I've tried to echo the spirit of Bringing It All Back Home and Blonde and Blonde etc to capture the period.

Here are four of the pieces (don't worry they're short!)..

https://soundcloud.com/phil-babylon/sets/much-ado-about-nothing

1. Much Ado~Main Theme
_COOKIN - Cookin' Blues Rock Shuffle

RealTracks in style: ~539:Bass, Electric, Pop Sw 120
RealTracks in style: ~425:Organ, B3, Background Blues Sw 120
RealTracks in style: 2436:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm NewOrleansShuffle Sw 130
RealTracks in song: 1586:Guitar, Electric, Soloist TexasBluesRockShuffleBrent Sw 130
RealDrums in style: PopShuffleSnareGroove: a: ClosedHat, Snareb: Ride, Snare

2. Much Ado~Dylanesque
_SPRUCE - Spruce Acoustic Songwriter Pop
Multi-DrumsCongasEv8[single] [Multi]
RT683: Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesPush Ev 120 , Tobin Frank
RT1534: Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopPowerPush8ths Ev 120 , Blair Masters

3. Much Ado~Piano Version
_PRAIRPN - Prairie' Solo Accompaniment Piano

4. Much Ado~Slow Blues
_BTGAMP - Amplitube Baritone Blues Shuffle
RealTracks in style: ~1546:Bass, Electric, CountrySwing Sw 085
RealTracks in style: ~673:Organ, B3, Background Blues BB Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 2624:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm BluesShuffleBassAndLicks Sw 085
RealDrums in style: BluesRockShuffle^1-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Open HiHat


...only about another seven to write!

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Phil, These all sound really good. I can see where they will work in live theatre. Good luck with the next seven. It looks like you are well on your way, Tom

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Phil,

These are all excellent - my favorite is #2. Really good stuff here!

Bob

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Hey Phil. These are excellent! What a great idea... loved them


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Cool idea and great productions.


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Hi Phil, What a great theme! I enjoyed the main theme and the other

its great to hear how motif's can be expressed with different arranges to sell the listener different vibes. Well done!


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Phil,

Those all sound good. All well set up and well mixed. Nice vocals.

This is a clever idea. I think it would be cool to see a play that had something like this.

Hope you'll share the rest when they are finished.

fj

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Great Stuff Phil. All the best with the project.Rob.

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Phil,

Enjoyed them all nice work.

Peter

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