kirt
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Post by kirt on Jun 18, 2007 1:28:38 GMT
In my eyes the genre of the musical is not very cutting edge anymore and has a big layer of dust sitting on top of it. This, I would like to change. I am writing a new kind of musical/operetta. I want it to be entertaining yet deep. I have uploaded a song from this electro-operetta musical: it is called "Patterns" Have a listen and tell me, if you would be interested to see such a musical/operetta? What factors would make it interesting for you? I know its still hard to tell what to expect, but for those of you, who know my music, you can imagine it will be very varied and hopefully for many, enjoyable. Check it out here: www.sellaband.com/kirtAlso, the song "Stars" ,I have done together with Simeon and GD Allan, goes in that direction.
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Post by WalterM on Jun 18, 2007 12:11:50 GMT
What an interesting project. I would like to read more background information on this musical/operetta.
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kirt
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Post by kirt on Jun 18, 2007 16:56:56 GMT
Well, at the moment, background information is sparse. It is still in development. At the moment I have a vision: Interesting orchestral arrangements with interesting electronic sounds. A cool and contemporary plot. Interesting artists.
I am going towards themes like power, love and obedience. I want to show that there are so many factors and people who want to control other people. Be it advertizing and the capitalist idea, that everybody needs to be making money like crazy all their life to buy things that will heighten their status and will define them as someone better. Nothing against capitalism, its what we do with it. Why does someone want money? For status? Fuelling the ego?To feel like someone special? To have power? Why power? For powers sake? Or to do good? Or for the personal freedom? Money can mean freedom. Freedom of thought. Freedom of mobility. Freedom of time.
Aswell as the idea of honour, that will force someone to kill the own mother for the sake of saving the "honour" of the family. The honour being something greater than oneself. No individual decides on the honourable. It is passed down by history. For me, many people are remotely controlled by these greater laws, which no one actually makes. All over the world. In different ways:
So many young women care only to be sexy, but then they feel a lack of being respected for their mind. In western culture, they are where men want them to be: sexual objects, easy and accessable:explicit. A little powerful, but not to much. This is not sexual freedom anymore. This has become sexual obedience. Men still define how women are supposed to be. Hail to Angela Merkel, who rules like a woman, not like a man in a dress(Thatcher). She uses no sexiness. She has none, that makes her a woman worthy of adoration. Mainly women, who dont have the power of their sexuality, use their other powers and ultimately they achieve much more. If women want more power, they need to get away from focussing their energy on being sexy. Another form of remote control.
Other cultures try to suppress any sexuality coming from a woman. The other extreme. They dont want them to focus on their mind either. Women are enslaved. This is obvious control.
I am trying to show these ideas of outer control, many people are victims of, rather than the own personal inner control. When all these outer influences are gone; what does an individual REALLY want? Who is the individual REALLY? What are the true needs of this individual?
Western workaholics run off to yoga classes and spiritual "gurus" who abuse their inner naivety and thirst for a feeling of sense in life. This sense can only be found within. I sound like a guru myself :-), so that is why I will play the role of some kind of eccentric guru within this piece. :-)
The plot in other words will show a voyage of a character from being controlled to finding their own personality after all the outer factors are shed off.
This is the rough direction. I want to keep things simple and clear, so the story can transport all these things in an entertaining and universal way.
I hope this helps a little to understand where I am going.
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Post by EmpireOfOne on Jun 18, 2007 21:31:51 GMT
The ideas behind this project sound very well considered. I hope you are able to create music that captures your full vision.
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whaley
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Post by whaley on Jun 19, 2007 10:16:59 GMT
as long as it has a video with hot chicks in it I'm cool!
oops ;-)
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kirt
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Post by kirt on Jun 19, 2007 13:30:32 GMT
as long as it has a video with hot chicks in it I'm cool! oops ;-) Hehehe, well OBVIOUSLY it will! I have to show the status quo somehow...:-) even better: hot "suicide girls" dancing hip hop video style-LIVE on stage!:-) And me in the middle...does anybody want a role in the piece too?No? Aaww too bad. :-)
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storm
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Post by storm on Jun 25, 2007 7:11:58 GMT
as long as it has a video with Whaley in a nurse's uniform I`'m cooler
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kirt
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Post by kirt on Jun 25, 2007 21:05:50 GMT
as long as it has a video with Whaley in a nurse's uniform I`'m cooler There is nothing wrong with a man being a nurse!:-) See Ben Stiller in "Meet the Fokkers". He is a nurse too! You see what I mean:the sterotypes work the other way around too!! Whaley-you put on that nurse outfit and feel proud of it!!! :-) Oh yeah and make a video clip and share it with all of us. Dont forget the white stockings.
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