Vlog 23 – THE POWER OF SONG

[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Elise Dewsberry’s How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog #23 – “THE POWER OF SONG.”

The 23rd post in the video blog from NMI Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry – How to Get NO Feedback from Elise is a discussion of the POWER of song in a musical.

You’re writing a musical, right? So take advantage of the POWER of music and let the SONGS do most of the heavy-lifting. 

POWER of a song – let it accomplish goals – don’t have a scene that accomplishes the goal, then we sing about it. Or we sing and then talk about what we just did. TRUST the power of the song (including the dialogue in it) – this can mean INTERCUTTING

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Don’t miss THE WORK OF A SCENE SERIES:

1. PART 1 “The Moment Before” 
2. PART 2  “Plot” 
3. PART 3 “Pointing Forward”
4. PART 4 “Planting Seeds”
5. Part 5 “Delivering Theme”