Melody – Conrad Askland https://conradaskland.com/blog Music Director and Music Technology Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:36:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 53388445 Sondheim On “Send in the Clowns” https://conradaskland.com/blog/sondheim-on-send-in-the-clowns/ https://conradaskland.com/blog/sondheim-on-send-in-the-clowns/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:31:24 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/?p=3688 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWC5qfVnsVs

Stephen Sondheim talks about the writting of Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music – with excerpts of the rehearsal with Sally Ann Howes. Insight into Sondheim’s composing process – he says he does not let lyrics or melody get too far ahead of each other during the writing process.

Sondheim says he likes to know how a song will end when he starts it.

]]> https://conradaskland.com/blog/sondheim-on-send-in-the-clowns/feed/ 0 3688 How the SEINFELD Theme was written https://conradaskland.com/blog/how-the-seinfeld-theme-was-written/ https://conradaskland.com/blog/how-the-seinfeld-theme-was-written/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:01:32 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/04/how-the-seinfeld-theme-was-written/ We all know the sound. It’s that quirky slapped bass that opens while Jerry Seinfeld does his comedic monologue, and then hilarity ensues. The little ditty was written by Jonathan Wolf. When hired for the job he listened to Jerry’s stand-up and found a sort of melody and rhythm to his delivery. Knowing that he couldn’t actually write a melodic theme over the monologue, he sort of timed it instead. The tempo, about 110, became the basis for a simple slapped bass line. With Jerry in studio, he recorded the line while Jerry did his thing. And that has become the popular and recognizable Seinfeld theme.

From the bass guitar forum at BassDogs.com

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