October 28, 2008 – 12:10 pm
Tonight is opening night! As promised, here is the final song of the show. After a relationship of more than fifty years, HOPE has become gravely ill, and CHARLES can’t bear the thought of losing her. Through the course of this duet, they both come to terms with the inevitable.
LONG STORY SHORT demo #15: “Letting [...]
October 22, 2008 – 2:45 pm
Happy 2-song Wednesday! Both of today’s new songs are FREE for download. (As of next week the whole 15-track collection will be available for $10.)
We catch up with HOPE and CHARLES in their seventies. Charles has just complained about various physical aspects of aging, and is having trouble believing that Hope still finds him attractive. [...]
October 15, 2008 – 4:08 pm
Happy 2-song Wednesday! After a tumultuous quarter-century of marriage, children and an acrimonious breakup, we rejoin CHARLES and HOPE as they tentatively start dating each other again. Older and wiser, they resolve to do a better job this time.
LONG STORY SHORT demo #11: “Introductions, Fragile As Love Reprise”
October 8, 2008 – 10:00 am
Moving along through Act II of our little love story: although they are legally separated, CHARLES has been surreptitiously coming in to HOPE’s apartment when she’s gone and watering the plants. He wants to be in their room, though he knows it’s probably a bad idea…and he finds himself irresistibly drawn back, time after time.
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September 30, 2008 – 11:02 pm
When we last left HOPE and CHARLES, their relationship had disintegrated into bitterness and rancor after more than two decades of marriage. We’re now at the top of Act II; more time has gone by, our heroes have been legally separated for a while, and HOPE feels ready once again to brave the dating world.
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September 24, 2008 – 7:48 am
As creators of a brand-new musical, we reserve the right to keep reworking some things. Therefore, since we’re rewriting a little portion of Act I, we’re going to skip over our early draft of that section and go right to the end of the act. Julia is all grown up and out of the house, [...]
September 23, 2008 – 9:56 am
Ok … truth be told … there was only one blister, which is healing nicely, as are my knuckles and arms. But my weekend in the studio recording drum parts for our upcoming “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” record was a whirlwind for me. We are currently planning on 18 tracks on the record (note: [...]
September 17, 2008 – 6:55 am
We’re skipping over a little portion of the show here. What happens between the previous song and this one is: HOPE and CHARLES have a son named Buddy, who dies in an accident. After this tragic event and subsequent low period in their relationship, they are eventually ready to try again. They have a daughter [...]
September 10, 2008 – 8:42 am
Happy 2-song Wednesday! After the initial rise and fall of CHARLES and HOPE’s relationship (HOPE has left CHARLES, amateur historian and coffee-shop clerk, out of insecurity/misunderstandings/perceived incompatibility, and he is bereft), CHARLES does his best to get her back.
LONG STORY SHORT demo #5: “Fragile As Love”
LONG STORY SHORT demo #6: “Unpacking The Suitcase”
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