Breton Parks

In the last few months I've been writing music for a children's show (a show by adults meant for young audiences). Creating music for this show has been a great experience. Here are the details and show times. If you're in the Austin area it's be great if you came and checked it out. Thanks!

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246781

http://pollyannatheatrecompany.org/2012/02/15/pattern-nation-waves-by-andrew-perry/

Now available on the android marketplace is 'End It All'. I wrote and performed all the music. I also did all the sound effects.

Thanks to Bolachas.org. They posted my album up on their blog and wrote some really nice things. Check out the article!

I have a new website f0r my music. You visit it by going to: bretonparksmusic.com. You can stream and download my new album there as well as email me. Fun huh?

Hey there! If you read this then you know its been more than a little since I've posted anything. I've been hard at work with theatre productions as well as recording new music. In fact, I have a new album out. Yup, its all recorded, mixed, and generally done-zo. Here's a link to listen to the whole thing if you're interested.

The last few weeks have been very busy. I just finished working on Arsenic and Old Lace, another Theatreworks production. It was a relativity painless tech week and great opening night. Here is the review for the show.


http://csartsblog.freedomblogging.com/2010/04/23/theatreworks-delivers-old-tyme-fun-in-arsenic-and-old-lace/6401/


In the next week I will have the pleasure, and the pain, of working on one of the "biggest" musicals ever written, Crazy for You. Complete with an enormous chorus of dancing girls and cowboys, this show is sure to be a monster. I have 18 wireless mics in use for the show with 27 actors with speaking lines and solos. Lucky me. I get to chart out who is getting a microphone when, and how. :) Really excited.

http://www.csfineartscenter.org/CrazyForYou.asp


Lastly, Nick Salmon finished up the Glass Homes album two weeks ago in Omaha. This is the album we worked on last summer. I played bass on all the songs and we had Clark from The Faint play drums for us. Here is a sample of the song Waiting.

Waiting clip from breton christopherson on Vimeo.

March-April Demo from breton christopherson on Vimeo.

Hi there,

This week I'm preparing for my new show at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller. Aside from being really depressing, its going to be a great show. The director wanted most of the sound design to include music by the film composer Thomas Newman. It's going to have an interesting great vibe.

I recently started working at a commercial recording studio in town call Audio Architects. Things have been going great over there. I get to work with some pretty awesome equipment :)

In music world, all the demos from Tea Diffuser are posted in full on RPMChallenge.com. You can find them by looking through what they call the "jukebox." Searching by year is your best bet. Also, I've made a few more electronic demos that actually sound pretty decent. However, I think my next attempt at music is going to be more acoustic guitar based. We'll see though, its still up in the air





http://www.csfineartscenter.org/AllMySons.asp

Once again, I've finished another RPM Challenge (rpmchallenge.com). I had to create 10 original songs and record them during the month of February. The album is my attempt at electronic music. I'm pleased with how it turned out and can't wait to add lyrics and singing over the next few months. You'll be able to stream the whole album online within a few weeks. I'll share the link as soon as its posted.



Clips from the upcoming album

RPM Album Teaser from breton christopherson on Vimeo.

Here is some fun Euro disco I made. This has been a great month. :) :) ♥♥♥♥

RPM Demo 10 from breton christopherson on Vimeo.

This rocks. Way to go James

Mesita - Living/Breathing (Live in Studio) from mesitamusic on Vimeo.

I wanted to put this story down before I forget it completely. Last week I had a really strange dream. I was standing by an old tv set with a telephone in my hand listening to the static that they both make. All of a sudden I heard my dead Grandpa's voice coming out of the telephone. Strangest thing, I actually heard his voice. It wasn't some made up version I called his voice in my dream, but his real voice. After talking with him for a few minutes I handed the phone to the other members of my family so that they could have a turn to once again talk to him.

I haven't thought about my Grandpa in a long time. I was pretty young when he passed and so I can't recall a lot of the experiences and dates leading up to his death. Yesterday, I told my mom about the dream and she informed me that the anniversary of his death was last week. I think the brain is so strange. It's amazing how it can remember things like the sound of someones voice. It's also amazing how it let me have the chance to hear his voice once again on the anniversary of his death.

Hey Ya'll,

I've been really busy the last few weeks sound designing Sweeney Todd at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. The show is going to be great, I'm just beat from working on it so much. It opens January 22nd. http://www.csfineartscenter.org/SweeneyTodd.asp


In music news, I signed up to do the RPM Challenge in February. The challenge asks its participants to record a 10 song (or 35 minute) album within the course of the month. I'm not sure what direction I'm going to take as far as sound but I just need to get something down. I've been experimenting with some minimalist electronic music as well as some acoustic songs. I'm not sure how the album is going to work but I may split it in half and do some electronic and some acoustic.

Hey ya'll. I have been working really hard on creating some new music and as it stands right now I have about ten demos in the works. I have really been struggling with writers block for the last two years so things are going really slow.

Here is a sample of one of the demos I'm currently working on. It was a track I wrote for a band I was in with James Cooley and Lauren Haroutunian. Both of them helped me to get the song where it is at the current moment. Thanks guys. :) :)



Please forgive the crappy quality of the photos, I swiped them from facebook, cuz i suck a little :(

Nick Salmon is my friend on facebook. :)

So after a little time off, I've finally started creating the beginnings of what might become a new Breton Parks album. It's been two years since I made 'Substitute' and now that I'm out of school and have tons of free time on my hands, I've started to demo out some new tracks. So far I have two songs in the works and many more ideas floating around. I'm not going to rush myself as I have been battling with writers block, but hopefully I can pull something together good enough for people to hear. Wish me luck