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Category Archives: Song of the Week
Song of the Week: “How Are The Eggs”
Performed by Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland From the forthcoming show/album/cooking show “You’re Gonna Hate This” Presenting the second installment in the You’re Gonna Hate This Demo series! Next week we start releasing the ones playbill.com hasn’t already shared with … Continue reading
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Tagged demo, eggs, how are the eggs, lindsay mendez, michael holland, you're gonna hate this
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Song of the Week: “Hector And The European”
Performed by Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland From the forthcoming show/album/Tshirt/total immersion experience “You’re Gonna Hate This” Got some reports that the amazing feature that playbill.com did about us only plays audio on big boy computers and not mobile-type toys, … Continue reading
Song of the Week: “On the Sly”
Word got out this week that soon the Twinkie® will be no more… so I thought I’d share a song I made when I actually was one. Recorded in Kenmore Square in Boston with a borrowed guitar (thanks, Debra!), this … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, boston, early demos, michael holland, on the sly
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Song of the Week: “In Galveston”
from Hurricane I wonder what gave me the idea to post this one…. This is actually the first song I wrote for Hurricane, and look at what brilliance Jesse Vargas poured all over it: he did the swell (or, as … Continue reading
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Tagged hurricane, In Galveston, jesse vargas, michael holland, musical theatre, song of the week
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Song of the Week: “Supper’s Cold”
from Thank You for the Afghan (1996) The accordion on this track belonged to my Uncle Pat Holland, and it was handed down to me. I don’t really play it (because it feels too much like a sport, so I … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, michael holland, Music, song of the week, supper's cold, thank you for the afghan
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Song of the Week: “Jam and Jive” (cut song from Hurricane)
Here’s a song that used to be in Hurricane, till it got cut. Listen, it happens; it’s just part of the process, as they say. Or the journey, if they don’t want to be my friend anymore. Anyway, poor Jesse … Continue reading
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Tagged ben holtzman, demo, hurricane, jam and jive, jesse vargas, michael holland, musical
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Song of the Week: “Drive Drive” (demo)
Okay, so my road test is Monday!! Wish me luck. To get in the mood, I dug this up. Wrote this one in ’92, recorded the demo in ’94, and then it had to wait till 2003 to get born … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, beach toys won't save you, demo, drive drive, michael holland, Music, song of the week
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Song of the Week: “(Hopefully) Not Too Late/Epilogue” (demo)
from 12, a song cycle As promised, here’s the proposed Finale for the ill-fated 12 Angry Men project. (Last week I posted the opening, for those of you tuning in late.) So the jurors have been going back and forth … Continue reading
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Tagged 12, 12 Angry Men, demo, Finale, michael holland, musical
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Song(s) of the Week: “Prologue/The Oath/Hottest Day of the Year” (demo)
from 12 (a song cycle) This is the opening we came up with for the 12 Angry Men project (RIP), which happens in three phases. First, the Prologue, which functions as a mini-overture of sorts, introducing several thematic motifs and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12, 12 a song cycle, 12 Angry Men, David Simpatico, demo, michael holland, musical theatre, musical theatre sucks ass
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Song of the Week: “Fall”
from Everybody’s a Jerk (1993) Happy End-of-Summer-for-Everybody-but-Me Weekend! (I for one am keeping the shorts handy till it snows.) Here’s a cut from my very first CD, NINETEEN YEARS AGO (egad). It’s not really about Fall/Autumn, but the goal was … Continue reading
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Tagged everybody's a jerk, fall, jerk, michael holland, miss prim, song of the week
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