The One For All Musical Theater was again privileged to have the acoustic expertise of Keith Wilson added to a couple songs that are in the process of being recorded.  The songs comprise a portion of the prelude music for their next musical drama Esther.  Keith added both rhythm and lead parts, as well as accents which will comprise part of the “nice sprinkles” on the final cake. Keith’s two sessions were followed by an evening of drums, again skillfully played by Nick Swoboda for both Esther and Cinderella. Due to high studio production demands we’ve had to put advancing the work on these songs on hold for a while, but we should be back at it this coming week – finalizing the drum parts and getting ready for bass to be added by Lyle Yates. We’re all looking forward to hearing these songs come together.

The introduction of the Studio Logic SL88 Grand keyboard has been welcomed and embraced by two musicians so far at Tesco Productions. Kim Moore played the ivories on its maiden voyage here and she enjoyed it immensely. Combining the “real” feel of an acoustic piano with the sounds of the Synthogy Ivory II Grand Pianos Virtual Instrument, made for a wonderful playing experience and a great sound as well. Kim has played piano for “a lot” of years and felt right at home playing those 88s.

A second musician Garrett Kraudy, who had a strong leaning toward only playing on “the real deal” pianos, also found the touch and sounds of the SL88 much to his liking. He recorded a hymn compilation and three original songs. It’s always great to select a tool that provides clients with something they really enjoy using, and also enhances their musical expressions.

This month Kim Moore began laying out the vision for the next chapter of the newly-formed One For All Musical Theater. In March and April we reported on the production and performance of Cinderella. It was all a job well done and the next phase is in its beginning stages. Kim feels called to produce the soundtrack for the musical drama and make it available to other amateur theaters around the country. So keyboard parts are being performed by Kim, arrangements have been made for Tim Tyler to add orchestration, and drums have been recorded for three songs. The drummer, Nick Swoboda is part of a long musical history family in Omaha, with a music store and performers in various capacities.

This brings up a future event – next Spring’s performance of Esther. Two of the songs already begun are for the pre-show of this engagement. I’ll keep you posted as we progress, and if next year’s show keeps up the momentum (which I’m sure it will), it promises to be a great one.