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*MUSICAL THEMES*
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*MELODY*
*COUNTERPOINT*
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(incorporate ‘counterpoint’ into all (or most?) song outros)
(which means you need another “lead” vocalist to pull them off live)
TOP 12 “COUNTRAPUNTRAL” MOMENTS IN MY REPERTOIRE:
“QUIRK” (OUTRO)
“APOLLO 18” (OUTRO)
“PARADISE LOST” (OUTRO)
TOP 12 “COUNTRAPUNTAL MOMENTS” OF ALL TIME:
“BACH”
(most ‘beach boy’ song outros)
“GOD ONLY KNOWS”
“MARCELLA”
(‘john’ and ‘paul’ call-and-response vocals)
(only if they overlapped)
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*HARMONY*
“DESCENSION”
*GRAPPLERS*
*OVER THE HILL*
*SILENCERS*
*GRANDMASTER FLASH*
*DOPPELGANGERS*
*DE NADA*
*YOURS TRULY*
(second verse is “C#major” –> “Bbminor”)
(“think ‘motown'”)
(with the descending progression of “Cmajor” –> “Cmaj7” –> “Aminor”)
(the bassline going “C” –> “B” –> “A”)
(‘description’ of the ‘direction’ of the chord ‘progression’)
(tonally “down”)
(meaning “note numbers” get “lower”)
(characterize vocal range with these limits)
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“ASCENSION”
*RIVERS OF BLOOD*
*BUT I DIGRESS*
“ascension” –> “attention!”
(cue ‘corey feldman’ –> “ascension! millenium!”)
(“are yo really that ‘starved 4 attention’ you’d stoop to this?)
(don’t even mention…)
(aka (1-MAJOR)/(MAJOR) –> (2-MAJOR)(MINOR)
(as in “Cmajor” –> “Dminor”)
“MODULATION”
“MUSICAL KEYS”
(aka “chord progressions”)
(for the past several years, i’ve been working to match my chord progressions to my vocal melodies)
(but instrumental solos matched with chord progressions would defeat the purpose (unless played on a single instrument))
(herein lies the basic princinple of “classical music”)
*RHYTHM*
*TEMPO*
*TONE*
“VOCAL TONE”
(‘autotune’)
“GUITAR TONE”
(‘guitar types’)
(‘amplifier types’)
(‘pick types’)
(‘pickup types’)
(‘string types’)
(‘guitar fx’)
“MICROPHONES”
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*SONGS FOR (KURT) COBAIN*
“SUICIDE TUNES”
“TABULA RASA”
“NATION OF ISLAM”
“FIREWORKS”
“THE END IS NEAR”
(aka “songs to kill yourself to”)
(‘soundtrack to a suicide”)
(aka “he done died”)
(a particularly egregious error…)
(“my mistake!”)
(rite-aid cashier gave me $10 less in change)
(lucky i noticed right away!)
(‘cobain’ and his ‘grungy ilk’)
(use purposely vague lyrics to leave some ‘freedom of interpretation’ for the listener)
(especially if he/she ‘interprets’ the song in a way that renders it ‘enjoyable’ to listen to)
(or ‘necessary’ to listen to (to ‘keep up with the ‘times'” por ejemplo)
“POOR EJEMPLO” –> POOR EXAMPLE –> POOR EXCUSE
“excuses excuses! (excuses!)
VOX2 (offended): “excuse me?
“come again?”
“you for real”
(same or different man/woman with their reactions
(“reactions” second voice album)
(“fireworks” and “the end is near” allude to ‘waterslide / waterfall’)
(jump off brooklyn bridge)
(though that isn’t surefire death)
(how many attempts every year?)
(how many successful attempts?)
(“golden gate bridge” in san francisco is more classic route)
(how high before impact with water
(depend on weight?)
(or do all bodies accelerate at same rate?)
(this seems somehow counterintuitive)
(don’t compensate for “air pressure resistance”)
(first learned this in physics)
(to dispel the “ton of feathers” / “ton of bricks” bias)
(jumping in front of subway train is)
“loser” (beck)
any nirvana song
jeremy
suicide (paul mccartney)
(“that’s life”)
“on a lighter note…”
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*DEDICATION*
(“DO IT FOR…”)
#1:
“ME”
MOM
(as in “keep yourself alive”)
(i started writing this musical in earnest in ‘fall 2010’)
(like all musicals, it started with a song)
(like all songs, it started with a melody…)
(like all melodies, it came from ‘the heart’…)
(like all hearts, it requires a brain to beat…)
(i dedicate this work to my former self…)
(i dedicate this work to ‘christine fisher’ circa 2006…)
(i dedicate this work to ‘liliana andreano’ circa 2008…)
(cue *sim city*)
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“ANTI-“
“anti-abortion”
(aka “pro-life”)
“anti-slavery”
(aka “abolitionist”)
(occupation: “abolitionist”)
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“DAMN(ED) WITH ‘FAINT PRAISE'”
(“who’s doing the ‘damning’?”)
(or is it some sort of ‘infinite cycle’ betwen 2 (or more?) (‘speakers’ / ‘sides’))
(either via ‘spoken words’)
(or ‘private thoughts’)
(or seeming ‘incentive’ behind specific ‘deeds’)
(againt the ‘counterparty’)
(or those you consider ‘similar’)
(aka ‘united states’ dropping atomic bomds in 1945 in order to (indirectly) communicate (‘via action’)
(instead of (just) ‘coming out” and ‘saying it’ to their ‘collective faces’)
(what if michael anthony’s compliments are disingenuous?)
(out of pity no one showed)
(could only get 3 people to come to ‘mischief night 2017’ show)
(“alexander lopez”)
“bonnie plotkin”:
“you’re good at branding yourself…”
(even though i’m no fan of your brand)
(by ANY stretch of the imagination)
(i’m an old jewish lady!)
(i divorced chubby plotkin the podiatrist)
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“WILLFUL IGNORANCE”
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*WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?*
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👈👈👈☜*“GREAT CHAIN OF BEING”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥