For
Immediate Release
July
14, 2013
Song
In An Hour CD Release Party
On Nov. 9 from 4 to 8 PM at the Camel (1621 W. Broad St) in Richmond, VA, a local music compilation will be released called “Song In An
Hour." The twelve new original tunes will be performed by
several dozen top local musicians, and the creator Brooke Saunders explains.
“I had been
getting questions over the years about a fourth local music
compilation, and I was interested, but only if we could do something
different this time. Instead of getting finished tracks, I created a
process to write brand new songs and record them mostly live. It will
also be more rock and roll, compared to the acoustic Floating Folk
Festival CDs.”
The
songs were written in the first half of the 2013, and instead of one
person writing it all, each song was created by a team of three; a
singer, tunesmith, and lyricist.
Lyrics are
selected in advance, the tunesmith arrives and
sees the words for the first time, and creates a new song in thirty
to forty minutes. He or she is then joined by the singer, and they
finish a demo of the song, to be perfected by the September recording
date. In other cases, the lyricist, singer and the tunesmith
collaborate on the song.
All twelve
songs will be recorded live in one day, with additional editing and
accompaniment added in the weeks following. A limited run CD will be
issued Nov 9th, with the tracks available online. The songs will
generally be performed in the same order, in the manner of a concept
album or musical. Shows are videotaped, with highlights to be posted
later.
Some of the
people involved include Paul Magill Smith, Harry Gore, Wendy Pace,
Tina Haney, Rolfe Trimble, Aric Mueller, Roger Koller, Jamil, Matt
Manion, Pam McCarthy, Michael James, Margaret Fleischman, Manko
Eponymous, Wiley Long, Greg Weatherford, Eileen Edmonds, Jessica
Salamonsky, Norman Nortledorf, Steve Utt, Andrew Trongone, Steve
Fisher, Chuck Kerwath, Elana O'Neill, Matt Manion, Tabb Justis, Chris
Branch, Mark Szafranski, Paolo Franco, Cesca Waterfield, Greg Harrup,
and Isaac Friend.
For more
information, contact Brooke Saunders at 804-277-9184 or email
brookesaunders@gmail.com
