Doug Jamieson Composer

Singers Needed! I am recording original music for a new musical theatre project, where all of the characters are dinosaurs. It is set at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago, and has a working title "There are Dinosaurs in the Park!" The plan is to stage this work in spite of COVID restrictions, outdoors in a park, utilizing several small stages. The audience in small groups of approx. 20 would move from stage to stage, scene to scene, similar to a gallery exhibit. The music for this show will be pre-recorded. Singers from anywhere on the globe can participate! Keeping within COVID protocols, you sing a part and record it in your own home. You would follow a guide track that I can email to you. Let me know if you are interested by sending a message to [email protected].

Dinos next? My last two musical theatre works (Jorinda 2015 and Fastlane to Paradise 2019) were staged at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson BC, with no concerns about physical distance. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in the performing arts world. Because of the costs of the theatre and the limitations of audience numbers due to physical distancing, a creative solution is required. My next musical theatre work - that I sketched out in 2008 - had a working title Donuts of Mass Destruct...Continue reading

This great photo is one that I was able to use from Unsplash.com. In fact, about 95% of the photos are from this organization. I appreciate their generosity and open source attitude. The post includes lots more info about the music and the video. Take Care Everyone!

Fastlane to Paradise - The Opening Scene! from the premiere at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson BC Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2019.

The Fab Four Legacy Lives On I enjoyed this article about those four guys and the techniques they developed with George Martin and the engineers Ken Townshend and Geoff Emerick. https://blog.discmakers.com//how-the-beatles-changed-mus/#