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Musical Theatre Writer Guy
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Приєднався 17 січ 2021
I'm Michael Radi - aka Musical Theatre Writer Guy!
Welcome to my channel where I talk about everything Musical Theatre Writing from a storytelling perspective. I upload videos every other Friday, plus interviews and live streams on opposite Fridays, Motivational Monday, Tip Tuesday, and other shorts.
As a composer, lyricist, librettist, educator, writing coach, and Founder of the Musical Theatre Writing Collective (learn more at the link here), I strongly believe more information about how to write quality musical theatre needs to be in the hands of everyone who wants to learn.
I offer information here, an online community and tons of resources through the MTWC, live courses (Flagship and Accelerator), and private coaching to help uplift as many stories and voices as possible. And always through the lens of creating a sustainable and healthy creative practice!
Be well and stay well. Cheers!
Welcome to my channel where I talk about everything Musical Theatre Writing from a storytelling perspective. I upload videos every other Friday, plus interviews and live streams on opposite Fridays, Motivational Monday, Tip Tuesday, and other shorts.
As a composer, lyricist, librettist, educator, writing coach, and Founder of the Musical Theatre Writing Collective (learn more at the link here), I strongly believe more information about how to write quality musical theatre needs to be in the hands of everyone who wants to learn.
I offer information here, an online community and tons of resources through the MTWC, live courses (Flagship and Accelerator), and private coaching to help uplift as many stories and voices as possible. And always through the lens of creating a sustainable and healthy creative practice!
Be well and stay well. Cheers!
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A Storytelling Masterclass for Composers and Lyricists - Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan
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How Pink Pony Club is Crafted Like a Musical Theatre Song JOIN US in the Musical Theatre Writing Collective! www.michaelradi.com/musical-theatre-writing-collective Beautiful character, conflict, musical development, and storytelling in a pop song that works as well as (if not better) than many musical theatre songs? And not just any pop song, but a banger and a hit written and performed by the ...
Scrivener for Writing Musical Theatre? - My Writing Software Review
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Scrivener for Writing Musical Theatre? - My Writing Software Review
“Suffs” on Broadway: A Full Review from Your Musical Theatre Writing Coach
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The 4 Things Every GREAT Musical Theatre Writer Needs
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The Secret Life of a Musical Theatre Song (what no one ever sees)
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STOP Trying to Please Everyone! How to Actually Be Universal in Your Musicals
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Avoid Losing Your Audience - 3 Writing Tips for Your Musicals
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5 Unexpected BUT Effective Songs with Unusual 32-Bar Structures in Musical Theatre
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If You Want to Write Lyrics Without Music, Try THIS!
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Should Characters KNOW They’re Singing in a Musical? (Diegetic vs. Non-Diegetic)
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10 Mistakes When Looking for a Collaborator in Musical Theatre...
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The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop: Everything Composers & Lyricists Need to Know
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10 Life-Changing Habits for the Emerging Musical Theatre Writer
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How to Write Original Musicals From Start to Finish (Idea, Planning, Structure, First Draft)
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Take Better Care of Your Audience with This Unexpected Strategy
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How to Write Musical Adaptations for the Stage Successfully
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Beautiful descriptor of the song and its power
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This is wonderful news! I'm always worried about whether or not I have rights when I let things happen with my work.
I always suggest copyrighting for the extra legal protection!
@@musicaltheatrewriterguy Thanks for the advice man!
is there any free software you'd recommend? (i don't really have that money lol)
Honestly, my best recommendation is to focus on finding a way to save the $49 for this software! Otherwise you can use any free software, but you'll need to do all of the formatting manually
I had recently this idea of hey what if I made my own musical? And then wondered how would be a music about mimes? Still have no idea of the plot , theme, story, scenario, whatever I just wonder how would be a musical about mimes, because of the contrast I guess, I would love to create my own story with this concept and make it a musical, I swear this video will be very helpful for me.
What a fun idea! I'm excited to hear more when you get into it!
I started making a musical with my bestie at 11 im 12 now with a cast of 8 kids only pls wish me luck
I wish you the BEST of luck! Rooting for you!
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Literally when I heard this song I fell in love with her cuz it reminded me of kat bush and that SONG!! But didn’t realized it was sampled/similar
Right?? Chappell definitely knows what she's doing!
I’ve been struggling with how to START writing because I have so many ideas but not a clue how to put them onto paper. This was extremely helpful and gave me a great blueprint to build from, thank you so much! Very informative and fun!
This makes my heart SING! I'm thrilled this has been helpful!! Thank you for commenting and sharing, I greatly appreciate it <3
What do you do for the lyrics? I have my musical under a stage play template and just use "general text, centered" for lyrics and I don't love it
I set a shortcut so when I Tab to half an inch from the left, the margin shifts in and the words auto-capitalize. I wish I remembered how I did this 6 years ago, but alas I do not!
I swear by Scrivener!!
Right?? Do you have a tweaked template you use for musical theatre?
My classmate just did a presentation about how Kate Bush is the best and most under appreciated influence of our favorite current artists
My gut reaction says that feels correct! (I have no evidence though, lol)
my vocal coach actually just pointed this out to me about an hour ago 🤣🤣
The synergy is real!
i didnt know either, nice catch!
Where can i join?
michael-radi.mykajabi.com/write-great-songs-easily-songwriting-challenge
There you go!
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I am writing a musical and a play the sane story
I'm more so writing a biopic about a fictional but legendary girl group in the 80's in which the music would be heard and seen through stage performances along with recording sessions and music videos!
My nine year old sister told me to show her this video. I did because she is an amazing writer .
I love that!! More young writers!
I'm thinking of writing a musical animated show like Hazbin Hotel, but it would be based on a story I've been working on. The story does take over decades, so it would rude for me not to put it in a one and done thing
I'm not familiar, but it sounds interesting!
You are what I was looking for!!!! Yay!!!! I am actively writing different scenes for a bilingual comedic musical. There is so much to consider now. I'm making a list and so far you've given me immediate ideas for the first 8 songs including the charm songs. HE HE HE. I can't wait to see what comes out of this.
Fantastic! I love the idea of a bilingual musical comedy!
i would put the recs earlier in the video - i'm hella excited to check it out thooo
If the recs came right away, would you stay for the rest of the info? (honestly curious!)
I'm going to start binging your videos cause I'm trying to get like lin manuel miranda, writer, performer, ect. I can't wait to learn!
I hope they help, and welcome to the channel!
Really like the new hair.
Thank you so much! I've definitely been having fun with it 😄
Yeah shut up 😂
No thanks
And then there is me, who has never worked with a DAW and only in notation software
Same! Generally, I only use a DAW to create demos, but I was taught how to compose in one. Didn't stick!
I'm writing an indie show right now and I really want to make it a musical kind of show. I have no idea how to make musical numbers (or just music in general) so this really helps me out!! Thanks for the great video!
Happy to have helped!!
Let's get your musicals GOING! www.michaelradi.com/musical-theatre-writing-collective
Darn! Someone’s looking good today! ;)
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Thank You so much for the great advise!!! ❤ Feel so grateful for your content!!! 🙏🦋🙏
My pleasure to help out! I'm thrilled you're here!
The world isn't ready for the When Burgers Attack musical
Or are we???
Thank you this is vert hepful! I love your channel
My pleasure! Thank you kindly - glad you're here!
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Ok, first, I'm not a fan of musicals... And all my friends are theater kids who tries to make me join and like musicals ... And i find that video in my recommandations ... And well, i take it as a sign of fate to write a musical... Plus there was a project in my school of a musical in writing about greek mythology like cupid/eros who's doing shit with arrows including Persephone, hades and dionysus... ANYWAY... Now... I really wants to write this... Thanks for that video
Welcome to the dark(?) side!
I was today years old when I learned people pronounce "been" differently than what rhymes with "in"
I didn't know that was a regional thing until I moved to a different high school and people gave me weird looks!
Michael Radi taking iconic songs and saying "I have thoughts about this" gives me such life.
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Help!!! How do i make my songs sound different! They all sound the same, same emotion, despite having different characters!
Musically? Structurally? Lyrically? Say a little more about the issue for me
@@musicaltheatrewriterguy I don’t know how to switch from verse to chorus cleverly, it just sounds like two different songs alternating. That’s for every song I try to write… And I don’t know how to make the characters sing in different emotions, wether they’re happy or sad, it’s always just looong notes held at the end of either the song or the chorus. High, low, whatever, it doesn’t feel right; it doesn’t feel like anything!! It just gets boring… Does this make sense?😭
I have a character who’s grumpy all the time; his songs don’t sound different to the ones of my always-happy character
@@3bah4y Yes, makes total sense. I know what you mean! I'd be happy to have a short chat with you about this to see if I can be useful, but beyond that I would start playing around a little more with various techniques - changing chord structures, rate of lyrics, melody speed and range, phrase lengths, rhythmic schemes in the accompaniment, etc. Maybe diving into a little more music theory could be useful to smoothing out your transitions as well. And when in doubt, sit down with you favorite musical theatre songs and study them!
@@musicaltheatrewriterguy do you know any books on musicals& musical theory that helped you?
Tunick didn’t win for his earlier Sondheim work because the Tony for orchestration didn’t yet exist!
Thank you for adding that clarity in!! I didn't look up the background (clearly!), but that makes a lot of sense as to why
I'm a 21-yr-old Malaysian gal whose always had an affinity for musical plays and movies since 2017-ish. But I never got around to knowing how to make one cuz I only loved the craft, but I've recently fallen in love with the crafting process itself; the thoughts and feelings that go into making a musical. The state where I'm from (Penang) doesn't really support performing arts, that's more in the capital state, ie KL, which is like the Hollywood + slight Broadway of Malaysia. Maybe when I have the time, I'll utilize this video and see if I can make a banging musical too! Cuz I don't want regions to be a reason why I can't and shouldn't make musicals. This video is extremely helpful, gave a like and subscribed! Looking forward to watch your other stuff to guide me on writing musicals. ❤
Welcome! So glad that you're here! I certainly hope you decide to follow your passion at some point to write that musical, and I'll be here when you do 🙂
Seeing it this week and I am so excited! Headed to New York tomorrow morning.
Have a blast!!
Brass shout out 👍
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Can you send my contact those artists
Have you begun exploring the social media pages where composers for musical theatre gather? That would be where I would say to head to first!
I am from india and i am a lyriciest , brother can you make music on my song
Welcome! I'm currently filled up with projects, but there are certainly composers out there (in and out of our community) who are looking for projects!
Hello
Thanks for lmk I’m lining soon and am sensitive to louder shows. I’m expired to go but now I’ll be sure to bring no headphones.
underrated
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We know 🤩 It helps to have a great Writer*s* Collective too!
You BET!
I wear plugs to concerts and musicals, do the same, dude
Concerts makes sense, but I shouldn't have to do that in a musical
This shows me I probably shouldn’t make what I’m thinking a musical. But also. I can’t make any music aside from sad identity crisis sounding ones 😂
It never hurts to experiment and see if it's viable! And you never know, you might find some other new sounds along the way 😀
@@musicaltheatrewriterguy The only issue was that all the questions you asked about why make the musical and stuff is, I couldn’t answer any of it and it’s about F1 and I feel like it’s not a great idea for someone at my level. But, then I also wanted to try and do a Bridgerton musical, but I know there’s been a controversy about that topic right now.
@@naomi_x3928 Of course you do what works for you, but it may just take some time and thinking to figure out the answers to those questions. You may not need to throw out the ida just yet! Or there may be another better one right around the corner!