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Post by markduncanson on Mar 12, 2013 8:27:39 GMT -6
Hello! My name is Mark and I direct Creatures of of Impulse, a teen improv troupe from the San Francisco Bay Area in California. We have peen performing long-form musicals for four seasons (been a troupe for 6 seasons) and will be touring our improvised teen puppet musical this April, ending our tour at the Teen Comedy Festival in Chicago in May. We have been lucky enough to be the only troupe to represent the State of California at the festival every year since 2010, though we continue to encourage our fellow teen improv troupes to join the festival every year.
Are there any words of wisdom I can pass on to the young performers in COI that I can add to my arsenal of advice from my fellow experienced improvisers as it relates to musical improv? Your experiences are huge as we grow up the next generation of improvisers!
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Post by Nancy Howland Walker on Mar 12, 2013 8:38:25 GMT -6
Hi Mark!
Thanks for letting us know about your show - it sounds fantastic. If you have a good video of the group, please post it in the video section. I'd love to see them in action.
I have all my advice in my book ("Instant Songwriting: Musical Improv from Dunce to Diva"), but the best advice that's floating my boat right now is to come from emotion. If you're just in your head trying to come up with lyrics, it's ten times harder than if you really feel the emotion. Emotion lets you DISCOVER the images and words that are right there. Without emotion, you have to CREATE it, which is, as I said, way harder.
Also, I'm a stickler for song formats. I like a well crafted song rather than one that rambles...
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Post by markduncanson on Mar 12, 2013 8:49:45 GMT -6
Excellent advice! I will pass it on and purchase that book! Perhaps you can come and see our performance May 11 in Chicago? I am still getting the hang of posting videos in the forum.
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Post by Nancy Howland Walker on Mar 12, 2013 9:46:43 GMT -6
If I'm Chicago on May 11th, I would love to see your group!
Posting videos is actually really easy - just use the "You Tube" tag button when writing the post, and paste the URL in between the brackets.
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