I have several projects that someday i hope to be skilled enough to accomplish. One of the most important is an Opera or Musical...i really want to write some sort of gothic masterpiece with super intense metal and nosie soundscapes backed by a full orchestra...i think that i would want every character to sing all there parts except the main male character, who would never sing (possibly talk-sing, but never actually sing)
I've tried to make a list of the skills I would need to create such a work, and the key element is years of training in orchestra composition...something in which i'm extremely lacking....
I have the set design skills, and the writing skills, plus a great understanding of the style of music that would be used...its getting the sound in my head to paper for others to play thats the hard part...i feel like this is the thing that keeps me from viewing myself as a musician...i'm a sound artist until i can actually write sheet music for instruments i've never played, once i can do that i'll be a musician...i used to read sheet music all the time, and did some piano and saxophone compositions years ago, but those skils are dull and having never worked with the typical orchestra instruments i'm at a loss....
Here's why i love opera...
number one is probably the power of a good female opera singer...so much emotion and force is conveyed through the female vocalist in an opera...such beautiful sounds that really touch the soul
number two is the big thematic content...usually an opera tackles some major issue of the human condition through historical or fictional events...
number three is the music...the complexity of an opera score really utilizes emotional connection and works to underline the piece...
number four is historical use of opera...it was so often theater written by musicians that it's become more of an expression of music than a play
number five is the fact that it just appeals to my soul....
Imagine something that starts out dark and creepy but calm, moves to gritty grotesque intensity, and then winds up in deep despair...this is along the lines of how i'd want it flow...
start out with some mellow darkwave styled work, move into some industrial, then some epic symphonic metal, then some harsh noise, and end with some dark psychedelic drone that leaves the audience in a really uncomfortable state....
this is one of those things that i hope to work on for 20 years or so that drains the very life blood from me...something that will be a master work i can finally unleash when i'm like 50....
we'll see what happens with my gothic stage songs....
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