Introducing: Band Geeks
I can't believe it's finished! I've been working on this play for years, but the issue wasn't the script. The issue was the music.
Problem #1 is finding somebody to do the musical arrangements. Failing that, I knew I had to just do it myself. Okay, I'm a little out of practice at it, but that's no longer an excuse.
Problem #2 is WHAT to arrange? Finding the music ranged from difficult to downright impossible. I had some stiff criteria: it had to be true to the genre, it had to somehow feature an instrument (for the solo pieces) and it had to work with the instrumentation.
Problem #3 was FINDING the music once I decided on what to arrange. Here I want to give a shout-out to Gary Gillett at Missouola Sentinel High School in Montana for helping me find the LAST piece!
Problem #4 is getting the permission to actually do the arrangements. Who knew you couldn't just DO them -- you had to ask (and sometimes pay) for them. At the time I'm typing this only two pieces remain to secure permission for, and I've already sent the requests. I'm just waiting for the replies. I haven't been turned for any of them so far, so I have no reason to believe that the final two won't go through easily.
So, now that it's all done, what do I do with it? Currently, nothing. Sadly, due to my commitments with Maggie's Little Theater, projects such as this are temporarily shelved. Fortunately, I might be able to make a contact or two through MLT and hopefully get a cast cooking.
I'm very excited about this -- more excited than I've ever been about any other project I've written. I hope the world will be as excited once I get it on its feet.
Problem #1 is finding somebody to do the musical arrangements. Failing that, I knew I had to just do it myself. Okay, I'm a little out of practice at it, but that's no longer an excuse.
Problem #2 is WHAT to arrange? Finding the music ranged from difficult to downright impossible. I had some stiff criteria: it had to be true to the genre, it had to somehow feature an instrument (for the solo pieces) and it had to work with the instrumentation.
Problem #3 was FINDING the music once I decided on what to arrange. Here I want to give a shout-out to Gary Gillett at Missouola Sentinel High School in Montana for helping me find the LAST piece!
Problem #4 is getting the permission to actually do the arrangements. Who knew you couldn't just DO them -- you had to ask (and sometimes pay) for them. At the time I'm typing this only two pieces remain to secure permission for, and I've already sent the requests. I'm just waiting for the replies. I haven't been turned for any of them so far, so I have no reason to believe that the final two won't go through easily.
So, now that it's all done, what do I do with it? Currently, nothing. Sadly, due to my commitments with Maggie's Little Theater, projects such as this are temporarily shelved. Fortunately, I might be able to make a contact or two through MLT and hopefully get a cast cooking.
I'm very excited about this -- more excited than I've ever been about any other project I've written. I hope the world will be as excited once I get it on its feet.
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