Other Music
Orpheus
“Orpheus” was a semi-autobiographical multi-media piece created alongside my wonderfull partner Brandi Underwood for my Senior Capstone Project.
Selected Concert works
Before writing musicals, I wrote concert music. So… here is that.
Project: Roll Gay Role Play Podcasting Network
June 2019 to Current
Roll Gay Role Play is a podcasting network that focuses on LGBTQIA+ and nerd culture. I was asked to create theme songs their flagship live play D&D podcast. I have gone on to write several theme songs for them.
When I was first approached about this project I was asked to make a theme song that mixed Dungeons & Dragons and “gay music”. For the first season, I took inspiration from Renaissance composers like Byrd & Tallis and mixed it with Freddie Mercury and Synth Music. For the second season I was asked to keep the main motivic idea, but give it a gothic/Grimm Brothers twist.
The podcast also loves to have one off bonus episodes where the players get put in odd situation.First I have their first christmas, or Yulemas in their case, special. Kris, the dungeon master, sent me the audio of him reading the introduction to the episode and I underscored it. I wanted to find a mix between “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky and Danny Elfman’s Score to “Nightmare Before Christmas”. I took the most christmasy instruments, the Celeste and Sleighbells, and then used the famous “Dies Irea” theme to hint at the chaos that was yet to come. When I was asked to write the theme for the olympics special I knew I wanted to draw inspiration from one of my favorite pieces, “Olympic Fanfare and Theme” by John Williams, specifically the wonderfull trumpet fanfare. Finally, I was asked to do a theme for a Dr. Who themed episode. I decided to listen to the original theme a few times, and then just try to recreate it with my own spin. In all three case I made sure to end each them with a variation on the main theme song of the podcast, to keep it on brand.
When the podcast decide to create its own network, I was asked to create an ad break that could be used on all of their future shows. I was told that the segment was going to be called “gay for pay”, and as soon as I heard that I grabbed my phone and recorded a demo of what I heard in my head. This was the final mix that I created. They ultimately decided to change the name of the segment, but this will always be one of my favorite tunes I have written
Project: Unreleased Theatre Podcast Theme
June 2020
A theatre company in Indianapolis heard my work and reached out to me about a podcast they were going to be starting. The basic idea they gave me was they wanted it to be modern, exciting, and memorable. I decided to send them two different ideas, both of which leaned into synthesizers. The first was attempting to sound more chill and friendly, while I made the second one much edgier. They chose the second option, but the podcast was never released.
Miscellaneous Songs