Recording electric guitars with Iakov Kremenskiy for Adam Shenk's new album.
Recording Studio for Young Pals Music Productions
Monday, September 14, 2009
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Recording electric guitars with Iakov Kremenskiy for Adam Shenk's new album.
DAMIEN CARMELLO aka DAMO
Check out Damien Carmello’s new song “Lying Eyes” written by Sahin and Christian Imboden
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www.myspace.com/damiencarmello
Sunday, September 13, 2009
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009
Recording flute and sax with Carras Callison Paton for Adam Shenk's new album
Saturday, September 12, 2009
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Recording demos with composer Christian Imboden for his new upcoming musical theatre show with Shawn Northrip. The name of the show is called "It Closed on Opening Night."
Both Christian and Shawn are classmates, good friends, collaborators from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. We were part of Cycle 11 who graduated in 2002.
dctheatrescene.com says:
Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions Director Shirley Serotsky and Book writer Shawn Northrip joined forces with composer and lyricist Christian Imbodenn to create a zany love letter to musicals, parodying The Producers, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Gypsy, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s Mirette, and some others I probably forgot.
The creators describe It Closed on Opening Night as “a revival of the 1977 Broadway belly-flop When I Just Can’t Say It Anymore, The Musical!”, in which a showgirl misses her chance to leave the stage and lead a decent life. Plagued by multiple book writers, overzealous producers, and a fading diva, Just Can’t Say It proves “nothing is scarier than a bad musical.” Closed, however, is on a very good start down the road to becoming a really good musical. The music is hummable and tap-able, and the lyrics are funny and silly. At times there may be too many recurring references to male and female body parts, but I must admit I did laugh at this: “Let’s go to my place\You can sit on my face/I don’t bite/I’ll help you through the night”.
Who couldn’t love a musical that had these song titles: “Get Yer Hands Off My Horn”. “Legs”, “Babies Suck”, “Ladies Love The Stocking Man”, “Get Yer Hands Off My Corn”, “It Happens Quickly In New York”, and “Awkwardly Going To Heaven”? What’s there not to like? It doesn’t “hoyt” when you have a great cast having a great time, and what a cast we saw! Michael John Casey played Roger, the inept artistic director. Tim Lynch was the nebbishy Simon the composer, whose claim to fame is being known for writing the musical version of Jaws called Shark Attack. Pistol Lauren Williams made you want to strangle her Netta – the mother who hated being a mother, who loved herself and money more than her kid. Michael Grew played the guy with the big heart ever so sweetly, while Amy Kellett looked properly clueless as Abigale, the talentless daughter, and tap dancer from hell, who likes to “singa, singa, singa and dance, dance, dance!” Katie Molinaro and Toni Rae Brotons – playing a housewife and Gabriella – rounded out the excellent cast.
But, it’s Matthew A. Anderson, this week receiving raves from all the local critics, including DCTS’s Steven McKnight, for his outrageous performance in MetroStage’s The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), who burns up the stage as the pimp-ish bully Paulie. His trumpet playing in “Get Yer Hands Off My Horn” is so outrageous that it sets the mood for the rest of the show. We know then that we are in for a crazy ride.
Where else could you hear a song where “loin of pork” rhymes with “New York”, or a show that ends with, “To heaven!/To heaven!/Together to heaven!/We’re only a day away”? With some workshops, and some more development, this show could run way past opening night!
Both Christian and Shawn are classmates, good friends, collaborators from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. We were part of Cycle 11 who graduated in 2002.
dctheatrescene.com says:
Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions Director Shirley Serotsky and Book writer Shawn Northrip joined forces with composer and lyricist Christian Imbodenn to create a zany love letter to musicals, parodying The Producers, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Gypsy, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s Mirette, and some others I probably forgot.
The creators describe It Closed on Opening Night as “a revival of the 1977 Broadway belly-flop When I Just Can’t Say It Anymore, The Musical!”, in which a showgirl misses her chance to leave the stage and lead a decent life. Plagued by multiple book writers, overzealous producers, and a fading diva, Just Can’t Say It proves “nothing is scarier than a bad musical.” Closed, however, is on a very good start down the road to becoming a really good musical. The music is hummable and tap-able, and the lyrics are funny and silly. At times there may be too many recurring references to male and female body parts, but I must admit I did laugh at this: “Let’s go to my place\You can sit on my face/I don’t bite/I’ll help you through the night”.
Who couldn’t love a musical that had these song titles: “Get Yer Hands Off My Horn”. “Legs”, “Babies Suck”, “Ladies Love The Stocking Man”, “Get Yer Hands Off My Corn”, “It Happens Quickly In New York”, and “Awkwardly Going To Heaven”? What’s there not to like? It doesn’t “hoyt” when you have a great cast having a great time, and what a cast we saw! Michael John Casey played Roger, the inept artistic director. Tim Lynch was the nebbishy Simon the composer, whose claim to fame is being known for writing the musical version of Jaws called Shark Attack. Pistol Lauren Williams made you want to strangle her Netta – the mother who hated being a mother, who loved herself and money more than her kid. Michael Grew played the guy with the big heart ever so sweetly, while Amy Kellett looked properly clueless as Abigale, the talentless daughter, and tap dancer from hell, who likes to “singa, singa, singa and dance, dance, dance!” Katie Molinaro and Toni Rae Brotons – playing a housewife and Gabriella – rounded out the excellent cast.
But, it’s Matthew A. Anderson, this week receiving raves from all the local critics, including DCTS’s Steven McKnight, for his outrageous performance in MetroStage’s The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), who burns up the stage as the pimp-ish bully Paulie. His trumpet playing in “Get Yer Hands Off My Horn” is so outrageous that it sets the mood for the rest of the show. We know then that we are in for a crazy ride.
Where else could you hear a song where “loin of pork” rhymes with “New York”, or a show that ends with, “To heaven!/To heaven!/Together to heaven!/We’re only a day away”? With some workshops, and some more development, this show could run way past opening night!
Friday, September 11, 2009
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
Recording keyboard and additional bass with Brendon McCarron for Adam Shenk's new album
He also recorded additional live bass on to some of the tracks
He also recorded additional live bass on to some of the tracks
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
In the morning, recording background vocals for David Pascucci's "Our Day Will Come"
At noon, meeting with Sertab Erener, Demir Demirkan and Shidan Majidi for discussing a possible musical theatre piece together
In the afternoon, programming drums with Adam Shenk and Christopher Heinz for Adam's new album project.
At noon, meeting with Sertab Erener, Demir Demirkan and Shidan Majidi for discussing a possible musical theatre piece together
In the afternoon, programming drums with Adam Shenk and Christopher Heinz for Adam's new album project.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
First day of Adam Shenk's album recordings. Today is devoted to drum programming with his drummer Chris.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
In the morning, meeting with Emre Emirgil to work on remixes of his tracks.
In the afternoon, meeting with Karine Hannah to plan her September 21 gig at Metropolitan Room.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
Recording session with Jill Gioia in the morning. We are recording vocals for "You Blow Me Away" today.
In the afternoon, writing session with Dennis DelGaudio, working on a new song together.
Tonight, going to see my friends Sertab and Demir perform at Le Poisson Rouge in the village. It is the opening concert for their tour to promote their new album "Painted on Water"
PAINTED ON WATER is a world music fusion concept with jazz, pop and Turkish influences. The material demonstrates the shifting, tangible and intangible qualities of music, emotion and art. The live appearances promise to be rich and involving multi-media events, accompanied by a live projected display of Ebru art, created onstage by the master paper-marbling artist Bingul Sevimli. Imbued with its many historic sources, the ethos of the album is at once Turkish, and universal: “You and me is a long story, painted on water,” and “life is like water, and you put the colors onto it.”
Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan are among Turkey’s most celebrated musicians. Erener’s 12 albums have sold in the millions in Europe and Asia. Guitarist, composer and PAINTED ON WATER album co-producer Demirkan became one of Turkey’s true rock stars in the Istanbul heavy metal band Pentagram. He has released three solo albums and a film score. He and Erener co-wrote the 2003 international hit, “Every Way That I Can,” Turkey’s first and only winner in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
In the morning, I am having a creative meeting to discuss the possibilities of turning a breath-taking Turkish play called "Pera Palas" into a musical.
In the afternoon, first recording background vocals for a song called "Our Day Will Come" which is going to appear on David Pascucci's new album. Recently, I produced a cover tune"Close Every Door To Me" from Andrew Lloyd Webber for Pascucci's album project. This is my second collaboration with him for this album.
In the late afternoon, recording session with Dennis DelGaudio.
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