Sarah Vaughan - Speak Low (Music by Kurt Weill, Lyrics by Ogden Nash)
This song. Right now.
Speak low when you speak, love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak, love
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we’re swept apart, too soon
Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near,
tomorrow is here and always too soon
Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We’re late, darling, we’re late
The curtain descends, ev’rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon
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Istanbul Tango - Music by Avi Amon
I wrote this for for my music tutorial when I was visiting my grandparents in Turkey. Astor Piazzola was the inspiration but there’s different harmonic stuff going on in there. We had some great musicians playing for this past weekend’s dance+music collaboration. I’ll have pictures and audio up from that, soon.
I think a lot of young composers corner themselves into writing music that does this or that technical or harmonic thing, but we forget to think about piece’s playability or fun-level. This was a cool opportunity to write, receive feedback, and rearrange on the fly. Not a perfect recording, but who cares. You don’t get free access to pro musicians everyday…
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Dirty Loops - Cover of Adele’s, Rolling in the Deep
Literally, this forever. Damn they’re good.
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Yeah, these are pretty cool.
Director Tom Kuntz, the guy responsible for almost all of your favorite commercials of the last few years, has launched a new site full of some eclectic mixtapes created by he and his friends.
Worth checking out. (some album art slightly nsfw)
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Jenny & Tyler’s New album, Open Your Doors, is out today!!
They are the two of the most creative and passionate people I know. Support their music, causes, and love. Buy/listen here.
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Come September - Music By Avi Amon, Lyrics by Julia Gytri
Another video from our semester-end cabaret! This is a re-imagining of the Persephone myth. I think we both mess up the words a bit, but it’s one of my favorite things I’ve collaborated on all year.
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I thought I would be tired of them, but I’m just not. Awesome.
Music Video of the Day: For their latest music video-slash-Chevy Super Bowl ad, OK Go drove down a two-mile stretch of desert lined with 1,000 instruments in a Chevy Sonic fitted with retractable pneumatic arms to perform a very complicated version of “Needing/Getting” that took four months to prep and four days to shoot.
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My father e-mails me jokes:
I’m sure he didn’t come up with this, but still….
C, E-flat, and G go into a bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, but we don’t serve minors.” So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished, and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the bathroom, saying, “Excuse me; I’ll just be a second.” Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, “Get out! You’re the seventh minor I’ve found in this bar tonight.” E-flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, “You’re looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development.” Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au natural. Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he’s under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional facility.
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Tick Tock - Music By Avi Amon, Lyrics by Max Vernon
Here’s a video from our end-of-semester cabaret at NYU. Its a standalone scene/song from a larger work - just one of the 762 things I must have written last semester… Enjoy!
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A-Trak at Webster Hall 1.13.12
Last night’s show was easily the most serious thing I’ve ever attended. And I mean that in the best way possible.
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