To celebrate our 3rd Anniversary, some of our very dedicated listeners stopped by and we talked about their favorite bits from the last year. Even Nicole stopped by – and then we had cake! Some stuff we talked about: Tony Burns Mike Macinnes Nicole Di Donato Tony Burns Episode Blair Packham packs emotional power Writing to …
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Writing for musicals with Stephen Witkin
Lyricist and librettist Stephen Witkin returned to Song Talk Radio for a highly informative hour on writing for musical theatre. Here are some of the topics we discussed: what is the “book” and the role of the book writer for a musical? collaboration with the muscial’s composer the purpose of the book in relation to …
Tips on Creating Songs for Musical Theatre with Andrew Seok
Pianist, producer, and songwriter Andrew Seok stopped by and talked about the process of creating music for his new Musical “Echos”. Andrew Seok (also known as just SEOK) has written music for Television, Recording Artists, Movies, and pretty much everything including the music you hear when call a company and you’re put on hold. He began his …
New standards by Steven Taetz
Multi-talented singer songwriter Steven Taetz turned the Song Talk studio into a smoky nightclub with his perfect renditions of his own songs. Waiting for Wishes (co-written with Emma-Lee) had so many “hooks” we lost count (listen for pre-chorus one and two, and the first chorus!). Lately (co-written with Gavin Bradley) had us enraptured as Steven delivered the plaintive lyrics of …
Stephen Witkin
Hollywood book and lyric writer Stephen Witkin talks about musical theatre and the use of cliches.
Vincent de Tourdonnet
Vincent returns to Song Talk to talk about the difference and collision between Broadway styles and pop styles.
Song Talk with Alon & Vincent de Tourdonnet
A great time talking with Vincent and Alon about music and music theatre.