First Public Performance of Tom Jones the Musical The other week we did our first public performance of songs from my show Tom Jones the Musical. I was really happy with the way it went. We performed at The Rockwell Table and Stage out here in Los Angeles as part of the Foundation for New American Musicals' program Musical-Cal. I was fairly nervous about how the songs would be received, but it couldn't have gone much better. We had a great [...]
Tom Jones - Spend the Night With Me Yesterday Paul and I got together to record a new song for our musical Tom Jones the Musical. The song is called "Spend the Night With Me." It's a seductive duet between Tom and Mrs. Waters (later in the show there's a jaw-dropping reveal of who Mrs Waters really is). We'll record the singers at a later date. Right now Paul sings both parts. And all of the backup parts. Here it [...]
First Public Performance of Tom Jones the Musical I'm excited to announce that Tom Jones the Musical will be part of the Musi-Cal show at the Rockwell Table and Stage on Sept 10. I'm thrilled because this will be our first ever public performance of songs from the show. We'll do 4-5 songs. Cast We've put together a fantastic cast. Deedee Magno Hall One of the nicest people you'll ever meet. She won the 2018 Ovation Award for Best Actress in [...]
I know I've done this poll before but I'm doing it again. Sue me. This September, Tom Jones the Musical is scheduled to be part of Musi-Cal, a program of The Foundation for New American Musicals. Can I get a Woot-Woot!? We have a 20-22 minute set. Paul and I are figuring out which songs we want to perform. Here are the songs we have recorded so far. We may have a new song or two to choose from by [...]
Tom Jones the Musical Demo Recordings I was in NYC not so long ago, recording demos for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. I've been posting about the sessions and have come to the final song we recorded. I'll Always Love You "I'll Always Love You" is the final song in the show. The feel good, everything ends happily song. It's Tom and Sophie's wedding song. It's also the last song we recorded in NYC. Despite having a lot [...]
From Idea to Finished Song Anyone who knows me knows I'm not the best singer in the world. Nor am I the best guitar player in the world. I took guitar lessons from a guy with huge ears at a dinky music store when I was in 7th grade and I haven't gotten any better. Seriously. But what I can do, as my friend Paul Mirkovich says, is write a song. And right now I've written a bunch of songs for [...]
Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions A few weeks ago I went into recording studios in NYC and LA to record demo songs for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. I've been writing behind the scenes posts about the songs and the singers. This is the second to last installment. The Whole World Has Evil The song "The Whole World Has Evil" is our introduction to the show's antagonist, the priggish Blifil. I suppose you'd be a prig, too, [...]
Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions Last week the other week I wrote about the amazing recording sessions we had in NYC for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. This is the first post about the incredible LA recording session. The One I think "The One" is the second song I wrote for Tom Jones. (The first being "Harlot Jenny Jones"). It's the third song of the show, when we first meet our lovers - Tom Jones and Sophie Western. [...]
Tom Jones the Musical Demo Recordings I've been chronicling about the recent demo recording sessions I did in NYC for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. I worked with fantastic singers and am really happy with the results. Say Goodbye to Tom Jones "Say Goodbye to Tom Jones" happens late in the second act. Both Squire Western and the priggish Blifil want to get Tom Jones out of the way so Blifil can marry Squire Western's daughter, Sophie. Blifil [...]
Tom Jones the Musical Demo Sessions Earlier this month I was in NYC to record demos for my new musical Tom Jones the Musical. We were in the studio for three days. Two days of recording and one day of mixing. Last week I wrote a series of posts about the songs we recorded on the first day. Here's the first post about the songs we recorded on the second day. I Wanna Go Home The song "I Wanna Go [...]
