Savoring the Solo Album: The Final Note
As this blog series comes to a close, I hope that I've been able to get your brain a-thinkin' about solo albums in novel and interesting ways. Or perhaps just thinking about them at all. Bec…
As this blog series comes to a close, I hope that I've been able to get your brain a-thinkin' about solo albums in novel and interesting ways. Or perhaps just thinking about them at all. Bec…
So far in this series exploring solo albums, I've looked almost entirely at how the composers and lyricists who write the songs included in solo albums enrich the word of contemporary musica…
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or so the saying goes. In this blog series, I have been examining the ways in which musical theatre composers and lyricists use the freedom of th…
For the past few posts, I've looked at how solo albums benefit contemporary musical theatre by providing a platform for composers and lyricists to write and record new stand-alone songs, exp…
Let's talk about money. A solo album, while being an artistic endeavor, is beholden to the same economic factors as any other work of art. In my last post, I spoke about how digital download…
Even the most technologically-averse thespian knows that the times, they are a-changin'. In the world of contemporary musical theatre, music streaming and online video have fundamentally cha…
In my last post, I argued that solo albums have value in contemporary musical theatre. But what value do they bring specifically? I’m glad you asked! To answer that question, it's impo…
I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I love the solo albums of Broadway stars. Solo albums fill my iTunes library and clog up my car's CD changer. I belt out songs from solo albums in…