Tag: Performance

ABOUT BEING INTERESTING

The other night, I had a dream. It was a dream based on reality. In the dream, I was supposed to do a podcast about me, but I couldn't find anything interesting to say. I thought about recording my book, but there's an awful lot in my book I need to change, big sections that … Continue reading ABOUT BEING INTERESTING

PROPS

A Photo a Week Challenge: Props The only group I know that are performing are friends who do audio performances -- live. They only props they use are microphones and a dial telephone that has an old-fashioned ringing sound, into which they've put a mic to make voices sound like they did back when your call … Continue reading PROPS

THE DOG DAYS OF MUSIC

Fandango’s Dog Days of August #17 I wrote this just the other day, so here it is again. There was a time in my life when I was "all music all the time." I completed a music major in college (piano) with a minor in "what am I really going to be when I grow up?" … Continue reading THE DOG DAYS OF MUSIC

“LES MISERABLE” VERSUS “LESS MISERABLE” — Marilyn Armstrong

"Les Miserables" is coming to Boston. I know this because the advertisement for it is on TV every few minutes. I read the book originally in French, back when I could actually read French and sort of mumble in French if forced. I never spoke the language well, but I could read surprisingly well. However, … Continue reading “LES MISERABLE” VERSUS “LESS MISERABLE” — Marilyn Armstrong

THE CURSED SCRIPT – BY ELLIN CURLEY

Tom and I wrote a script for our audio theater group a few years ago about a serial killer – and it has nearly killed us. We have had numerous trials related to this script and have yet to finalize it or perform it. We were supposed to perform it, in its original form, at … Continue reading THE CURSED SCRIPT – BY ELLIN CURLEY

SHINING AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong

I just read a really interesting post on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo called: SHINE.  In her final paragraphs she said: Don’t we all wish to be loved and accepted for who we are in our entirety? Yet we hide the good, even from ourselves, behind a socially acceptable modesty while brandishing our flaws and frailties … Continue reading SHINING AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong

INSTRUMENTAL AND PERFORMANCE – Marilyn Armstrong

FOWC with Fandango — Instrumental I started learning the piano when I was four. I was so tiny, I couldn't reach the pedals. They had to add blocks -- like on an old-fashioned bicycle -- so I could use them. By the time I was 10 or 11, I played pretty well. Not as well as … Continue reading INSTRUMENTAL AND PERFORMANCE – Marilyn Armstrong

KISMET OR KARMA? – BY ELLIN CURLEY

My husband, Tom and I are part of an audio theater group called “Voicescapes Audio Theater.” This is our main hobby and our passion. Tom and I write original short scripts (eight to twenty-five minutes) for our group, both comedies, and dramas. Tom also directs, edits, and handles all the technical aspects of our audio … Continue reading KISMET OR KARMA? – BY ELLIN CURLEY

A WORLD-SHARING EVENT – MARILYN ARMSTRONG

Share Your World – April 9, 2018 Been anywhere recently for the first time? Well yes, actually. We went to see VoiceScapes -- the audio performance group of Tom and Ellin Curley. The show was at a library in New York. It was an audio performance and I got to be the photographer. So, from … Continue reading A WORLD-SHARING EVENT – MARILYN ARMSTRONG

IT’S SHOWTIME! – BY ELLIN CURLEY

My audio theater group, VoiceScapes Audio Theater, has been performing live, one hour shows of short, original, contemporary pieces. We perform mostly at local libraries about an hour from our home. Libraries are a particularly good venue for us because two of our actors are popular, prolific, Audie Award winning book narrators, Barbara Rosenblat and … Continue reading IT’S SHOWTIME! – BY ELLIN CURLEY