A Girl in Persia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Welcome Melody transposition to middle-eastern scale and Footprints on the Sand Call for Composers / “Feast of Persia” Demo Encouraging Feedback (Thank you!) Memucan’s Advice to the King (Writing Esther 1:12-18 into a musical + other updates) Memucan’s Legal Advice (Writing Esther 1:19-20 into a musical + other updates) “Sage Advice” song update (Esther 1:12-19) “Royal Stance / Regal Glance” (Writing Esther 1:19 into a musical) Percussion & Flute on the way for opening number “Feast of Persia” Flute & percussion added to the opening number! Listen here. Updates: Trumpets, Songwriting and Design Draft lyrics of “better than she” Updates on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd musical numbers New Mix of Opening Line from Opening Number! Writing Esther 2:1-4 Into a Musical Structure of the first 5 musical numbers! (Writing the Book of Esther into a musical) Idea for musical number #5 – Introducing Mordecai Esther, Mordecai, and King Xerxes’ personalities and character traits Chorus Lyrics based on Esther Chapter 2 Update on melody of important chorus Melody for Esther 2 chorus progress The importance of recording one’s composing work Esther Chapter 2 – Songs Structure Draft – Part 1 Sneak peak of a next song about beautification (Esther Chapter 2) “Day After Day” Update Esther Chapter 2: Harem melody and draft lyrics The “Day After Day” round sounds good! Lyrics to kick off the harem song Finishing up “Feast of Persia” / “Fast for Me” Before & After Finished the last bit of the demo harmonies for the opening number “Feast of Persia”! Lyrics for 2nd musical number finalized! The first words Mordecai will sing New Mordecai Lyrics in the Middle of “Fast for Me”? Esther Chapter 2 – Hegai’s intro Finally made some progress on the melody of the “House of Women” song Still working on recording the demo for “Sage Advice” Rebellious girls and Esther’s song that wins Hegai’s favour and earns her likability July End Updates Lyrics for the beginning of Esther chapter 2 Arranging the harmony for a stanza in “Sage Advice” Finalizing parts for singers Random thought: What if King Xerxes were played by Ramin Karimloo? Wrote an interaction between Mordecai and a eunuch outside the House of Women Rough Sketch of Curtains in Esther 1:6 Mordecai’s Request to Eunuch Guarding the House of Women (Esther 2) Songwriting Updates on our Esther Musical Lyrics for the other 6 months of perfumes and purification in the House of Women Draft lyrics for Esther & Hegai’s 2nd interaction in the House of Women After almost 3.5 hours of writing these 2 stanzas, finalized it! Blog