While browsing my crystal ball lately, I discovered that Disney Theatrical are planning a new UK tour of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, commencing in May 2021. “Good gracious!” I said on hearing the news. “I do solemnly believe that they will be looking for funny intelligent woodwind musicians to play the various reed parts!” Therefore …
Tag: musical theatre
10 Things You May Have Missed in ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’
[2-minute read] Watch the full musical here: On a casual, superficial viewing, ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’ may appear to be just another piece of frivolous light entertainment, nothing more than a mere trifle unworthy of deeper analysis. However, for the more observant viewer this musical is a multi-faceted cornucopia of wit …
‘Be Our Guest’ (instrumental) | Excerpts from ‘Beauty and the Beast’, Reed 3
It has come to my attention that Disney Theatrical are planning a new UK tour of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, commencing in May 2021. “Aha!” I thought on hearing the news. “It occurs to me that they will surely be looking for young attractive woodwind musicians to play the various reed parts!” Therefore I have …
Making ‘Mongolian Death Worm’: The Swazzle
[11-minute read] Watch the full musical here: Hear the Witch Doctor’s behind-the-scenes insights here: On the night of Hallowe’en (or thereabouts), in the year 2020, the world was changed forever with the release of the pioneering audio-visual masterpiece that is ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’. Humanity looked on in amazement, delight …
Mongolian Death Worm: RELEASED TODAY! (Plus, Roy’s Monologue…)
It’s here, it’s finally here! Ladies and gentlemen, wake the kids, phone the neighbours, because today (31/10) is the day that Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical is released onto an unsuspecting public! From now on everything else will be a disappointment – birthdays will seem boring, Christmasses will seem contemptible, even weddings will …
Mongolian Death Worm: Teaser Poster 2
Coming soon to a YouTube near you! Tube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdjplrDeEpTYPqG6e-Edn8Q
‘Cool’ Fugue, or, ‘One Man – Seven Instruments’
So here’s something I’ve been meaning to get around to for 3 years! Shortly after purchasing my baritone saxomophone at the start of 2017, I thought it would be fun to pick a woodwind-heavy piece of Broadway music and do a one-man reed section video. I imagined it would be particularly interesting for people to …
Making ‘Mongolian Death Worm’: The Orchestrations
“Whatever happened to that Michael A. Grant fellow?” “He used to do stuff.” “You never hear from him any more, do you?” “Does he even go here?” These are just some of the things that you may be talking about if you are one of the naysayers! Well guess what? The joke’s on you, because …
100 Of My Favourite Pieces To Perform
You may not have realised it yet, but today is a very special day and this is a very special blog post! For this is the 100th post I have written since starting this venture way back in 2017. To celebrate, I’ve been looking back into the mists of time and working hard to put …
On My Own with the Jelly Roll lockdown video
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, “It’s better to watch stuff than to do stuff.” So in that spirit I now ask you to stop whatever you are doing and watch this sublime pair of videos featuring everyone’s favourite person, ME! To start with, here’s a video from a few years ago that the …