Today, I've been with the guys rehearsing the scores for the next college musical 'Moulin Rouge'. I'm finding it okay, because I've had a lot of experience sight readying for shows before.
I'm going to be on the floor with the cast. This has brought up the challenge of not being able to have the music in front of me. I'm going to have to memorize all the parts I play, which may be quite difficult. Nevertheless, I'm working hard on it and I'm about 75% of the way there.
It's rather a weird feeling playing the guitar I am for this show. I'm used to playing a strat or some other electric, but for this I'm using a nylon string classical guitar. I chose this so that it would give more of a twangy, Spanish/French kind of sound. It's working well! And it's a really nice sound!
Being a classical guitar, it's meant for finger picking and playing through classical pieces. It's still hard for me to finge rpick, but it's coming along nicely. I've found a lot of things online that help and talk you through the process of different pattern to play.
A bit of subject, but my favourite PlayStation game is called The Last Of Us. The game is about being one of a few survivors left in a world overrun with zombies. The music matches this exactly, as it has such a spacey, desolate feel to it. The composer was Gustavo Santaolalla, who composes for a lot of games. Here's a link to the soundtrack, I think it's beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y97u-U0nvJM
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