Picking your brains about your music!

[linziellen]

Hey Geoff Well I imagined YOUR music in something like the film "City Of Angels" - Nicholas Cage/Meg Ryan As for my music lol it's too early to say. Probably some kind of comedy romance nothing too serious. Or maybe something like "The Craft" a lil girl power, a little mystery, a lil magic, a big beat - not saying my music is any of those but I'd like it to be one day Cool question, Lindsey

[squids]

Apr 28, 2008, 11:23pm, milfus wrote:boobies are always welcome though not necessary, hahaSo I guess you mean........anything that pays.

[ncc1701]

Apr 29, 2008, 9:07am, silvercord wrote:Kathleen, have you started writing your musicial;)? Umm, kind of. My former songwriting partner and I got about halfway through a screenplay based on the Greek myth of Perseus (the "Clash of the Titans" dude) but transposed to a sci-fi setting. Then she met a guy over the Internet and moved away. We keep saying we're going to get back into collaborating, but somehow it never happens ... The songs were great, though. I don't want to revamp them for other projects because there's a chance we might revive this one someday. Maybe when I get home today I'll post one on my TAXI hosting site just so you guys can have a listen.My other idea is to jump on the bandwagon of remaking existing books, plays and movies into stage musicals (like "Spamalot," "Young Frankenstein," "Wicked," etc.) and doing a Broadway version of ...... are you ready for this? "Better Off Dead." The best 80's teen movie ever. The big gimmick would be a bike ballet during the number "I Want My Two Dollars," performed by 20 kids on dirt bikes speeding down the aisles and doing choreographed stunts on stage. I'm really serious about this! I've even starting researching who holds the copyright to the movie so I can put together a prospectus with a synopsis, sample scene and song to ask for permission to make a derivative work.Anybody interested in collaborating .... ?Kathleen

[jchitty]

I've never thought about it really....like Squids, I guess any movie that pays. I've pitched mainly to artists, but I know that getting a song placed with one of those guys is next to impossible, so I'm trying to write material that's more film friendly as opposed to artist friendly now. Not that getting in film is easy...it's very hard, but I think artist pitches may be the toughest, especially that dang country high bar!

[tedsingingfox]

So, "anything that pays", we've already established.As an elaboration, I'd say "anything that pays AND becomes this monster blockbuster with a HUGE international following that will continue paying for the next 50 years AND does not star Tom Cruise", but that may be overly ambitious. How about a light-hearted romantic comedy directed by Scorsece? Too vague?

[linziellen]

So what in the hell are the chances of me making enough from pitching to a local audience!? I don't even care about the damn money, I just wanna sing, perform and create damn it...lol - light hearted as I am I really mean it, I need to do this.

[hummingbird]

Apr 29, 2008, 12:22pm, linziellen wrote:So what in the hell are the chances of me making enough from pitching to a local audience!? I don't even care about the damn money, I just wanna sing, perform and create damn it...lol - light hearted as I am I really mean it, I need to do this. aren't there coffee houses where you are? open mics? house concerts? farmer's markets? I play them

[linziellen]

Sorry about that, brief moment of "AGHHH" - like when you're dunking your favorite biscuit in a cup of tea and the bloody thing slops into the cup! Going back to the original question...I think the soundtracks to the Shrek movies are absolutely awesome! If they're making Shrek 16 when I get my music out to the world I would very much like it to feature in the film!!!

[ncc1701]

Apr 30, 2008, 5:16pm, silvercord wrote:better off dead? never heard of that movie..and i loved 80s teen movies....so now there's a big bug in my ear to find it; )http://www.amazon.com/Better-Off-Dead-Y ... sr=8-1Also, here's one of the songs my partner and I wrote for our Perseus-in-outer-space musical. Keep in mind this was recorded with a mic plugged straight into an e-machines home computer sound card and Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.Still, it has to be probably my favorite thing I ever wrote. Daelen's Prayerhttp://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_id=1258 ... =1Kathleen

[buildingcastles]

It's hard to say, because I write in a number of different genres and different moods. I will say that none of my music would ever end up in a Western movie.