Here you’ll see a recent reconstruction of JS Bach’s face from his original bones – and you’ll see that it varies from the popular image we have of what Bach looked like.
Cirque Du Soleil Head Cast
“Getting your head totally covered in a plaster cast – with only two holes for your nostrils. Ugh!” Location: Montreal, Canada at Cirque Du Soleil headquarters.
Racheal Cogan is one of my bandmates in the Cirque Du Soleil show at the Sands Venetian in Macau, China. She was nice enough to let me post pictures of her head casting today.
Steve Bach
I’ve been working with Steve Bach on the new Cirque Du Soleil show for China. He’s just plain awesome. Incredible chops at the keys, great ear and seasoned in dealing with zany musicians.
Chicago Rose
 
Chicago Rose is a singer/songwriter whose passion it is to hold up the torch of hope for humanity. She sees the arts as the perfect vehicle to touch people’s hearts with a positive message.
She has a wide vocal range from alto to mezzo-soprano and also plays keyboards and flute. Based out of Chicago, she has been a featured artist for many years on the dueling piano circuit. A strong jazz scat singer and classical vocal stylist as well.
Check out her MySpace page at www.myspace.com/chicagorosediva
New York Philarmonic Performs in North Korea
Lorin Maazel conducting the New York Philharmonic perform the Korean folk song “Arirang”at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
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Kids in Church
Kind of like when Bill Cosby does those interviews with kids – here a collection of some church jokes, or kid’s takes on church. It’s ok to laugh.
3-year-old, Reese:
“Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen.”
Q&A: Seussical Mayzie La Bird Tryout Tips
 
Photos of characters playing Mayzie La Bird from Seussical the Musical. Click for full size.
Received this question about the character Mayzie La Bird from Seussical:
I’m trying out for MAYZIE LA BIRD and i was wondering what song i should sing? and what vocal range does she need?
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In Seussical the Musical, Mayzie La Bird is the antagonist and well experienced city girl. She’s the “Bette Midler” of Seussical. She’s brassy and street smart. Her counterpart is Gertrude, the innocent ingenue and protagonist.
For an audition song for the part of Mayzie, I would suggest something brassy and/or big traditional broadway. A song that says “Here I am!”. Look for any songs Bette Midler or Liza Minelli would have done. “Cabaret” would be a great song.
We had a great Mayzie for our production, Ashely Henning. She sings great traditional Broadway. After doing Mayzie she had leads in “Little Women” and “Evita”, to give you an idea of the character. Mayzie could be played by a wide range of ages – but she does have a baby, so take that into account. Younger actresses might go for Gertrude, or if you have a powerful bluesy voice you could tryout for the Purple Kangaroo (a very fun role).
Mayzie’s songs in Seussical the Musical are what I would call “Torch Songs”, and usually played by a mature voice (18 years and older).
Hope you have fun. Seussical was a very fun musical to perform. Musicians that have worked with me count it as one of their favorites. In fact I recently received an email from a cello player who says it’s bar they use to judge the fun of all other musical productions.
Auditioning for a musical is one of the hardest processes to endure. The more you do, the better you’ll get at it. The first couple auditions might be (read “probably will be”) bad experiences and embarrassing, just keep doing it if you want parts.
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Cirque Macao 2008
Cirque du Soleil will see its first resident show in Asia debut at The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel next summer.
This brand new 90-minute mega-production brings together 75 high-calibre artists from all four corners of the globe. Presented in one of the most impressive theatres ever created by Cirque du Soleil, the show will immerse its 1,800 spectators in an unforgettable experience.
Keep your eyes and ears open, the adventure will soon commence …
(“Macao” is also spelled as “Macau”. Show is on the Cotai Strip between the islands of Macau and Taipa.)
Visit http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/World/en/au/shows/macau2008.asp
Visit the Sands Venetian Macau website at http://www.venetianmacao.com
How to Create an MMORPG
“It’s an MMORPG you R-TARD!”
*Note* After writing this I found a great resource for beginners to read about the basic resources and skills needed to create an original MMORPG. It may be more than you expected. You can find the article here:
http://www.devmaster.net/articles/building-mmorpg/
How to create an MMORPG (Massive multi-player online role playing game). I don’t know, but the idea interests me. The underground geek culture has slowly hit the mainstream. Pro gamers and hacks aren’t the only ones playing now, or the only ones interested in creating games.
In the audio world I love how I can sit on a program like ProTools and tweek things in detail for hours on end. The Torque Game Builder gives that same kind of flexibility for graphics and interactive coding. I’ve read that successful games have started with very small development teams (as small as TWO!). I can also imagine that everyone and their brother is checking this stuff out to make their own new original RPG or interactive game.
GarageGames.com has the Torque Game Builder code available at a very reasonable price, especially for indie game developers. Content packs are also available to use as-is or as templates for creating new art, lighting, landscapes, animations and objects for your new game.
Would appreciate anyone who’s interested in this to drop a note here and give your insight. Thanks!
Press Release on Torque
Own the engine that started the revolution. The ground-breaking engine behind Tribes continues to evolve and remains unparalleled. And we supply the Source Code to prove it. Torque was built by pros and is used by pros. Vivendi, NC Soft, and even NASA have developed projects using TGE. Use the same technology as the big boys for just $150.TGE is a complete proven package for a wide range of applications, with flexible and controllable in-engine animation, world, terrain, and GUI solutions, as well as award-winning TorqueNet networking. CodeOnce in TorqueScript or C++, then run your game on PC, OSX, XBox360 or bring your game into other Torque products, such as TGEA. This is not an SDK.
Screenshot from Torque Tutorial
