Forgive me for being inconsistent with these “weekly” demos. It’s been kinda tough lately–and I’ll get into that shortly. But for now, here’s this week’s song, way more “adult contemporary” than we usually roll, but it still feels appropriate to the subject matter. Here’s “Leap.”
Leap (rough demo) by GrooveLily
http://groovelily.bandcamp.com/track/leap-rough-demo
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I’ve been doing various kinds of yoga for a few years now (and recently Brendan has gotten into it too, specifically the bikram variety) – and I absolutely swear by it. I feel more relaxed, serene, stronger, and even a bit taller…and the yoga is a perfect balancing counterpart to what I’ve done for many [...]
Paul Sabourin, of Paul and Storm, just turned 40, and his wife threw him a surprise birthday party. We weren’t able to be there, but Storm invited us to participate in a mashup video where we would reminisce about something absolutely fictional in Paul’s history. Accordingly, we filmed a little something in the lobby of [...]
Okay, we’re going to do it. We’re going to finish Wheelhouse. For real.
For those of you who don’t know anything about this, Wheelhouse is the 2nd GrooveLily concert-musical-hybrid thing, the one we started in 2004-5, after Striking 12 was proving to be a successful venture and we wanted to do more of the same.
TheatreWorks supported [...]
January 5, 2010 – 3:31 pm
One of the great byproducts of Striking 12 getting licensed here and there, is that occasionally we get to meet people who played us.
Val and I are trading off for two weeks, with one of us working on Toy Story The Musical on site in Anaheim while the other stays home and takes the kid [...]
December 21, 2009 – 5:56 pm
We posted some of 12-year-old Madison Kemp’s GrooveLily artwork a few months ago – and here’s her latest, just in time for the holidays. Thanks Madison!
November 28, 2009 – 7:22 pm
Back in 2006, when we spent the better part of six months working on writing and then rehearsing and then performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream with director Tina Landau, we made some lasting friendships with some of the actors. Notably, we had to collaborate closely with Jesse Nager (who sang so gloriously on our recording [...]
November 5, 2009 – 8:30 am
We just have to crow about this for a moment: this is a huge honor. It’s one of those awards for which you cannot apply; you simply receive a mysterious phone call out of the blue from Michael Kerker at ASCAP, saying “please post 6 of your songs online, a variety of work from different [...]
November 5, 2009 – 8:00 am
Northern and southern California unite in the Antarctic! We are incredibly happy to report that La Jolla Playhouse has officially joined with TheatreWorks to co-commission ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, the solo show for Val we are writing with Joe DiPietro. We’ve had a long and fruitful history with TheatreWorks, and are delighted at the chance [...]
November 5, 2009 – 7:30 am
We’ve just been notified that Birmingham-Southern College will be producing STRIKING 12 this season, with 12 actors + 6 onstage musicians. One of the first college productions of our show, it’s also certainly one of the largest/most ambitious. We wish we could see it ourselves, but unfortunately can’t travel to Alabama. If you’re in the [...]