Tracks presentation to Action Committee for Transit (ACT)
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Tracks Paul Franklin Stregevsky (Playwright, Lyricist, Tunesmith) Poolesville, Maryland
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Transcript of Tracks presentation to Action Committee for Transit (ACT)
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Paul Franklin Stregevsky(Playwright, Lyricist, Tunesmith)
Poolesville, Maryland
2007-02-17 [email protected]
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Agenda
I What Tracks is aboutII Train songs in American musicalsIII What will development require?IV Three Tracks songs performedV Questions
2007-02-17 [email protected]
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Agenda
I What Tracks is aboutII Train songs in American musicalsIII What will development require?IV Three Tracks songs performedV Questions
2007-02-17 [email protected]
TracksTheme
The friendships and love that blossom across barriers among riders who board at the distant end of Maryland’s Purple Line
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The Story• 16 riders a day × 6 months = once-a-day
Purple Line round trip for outpost town.• Multicultural riders welcome new “family.”• Wealthy new rider resents train, mingling;
learns that all are “his kind of people.”• All find friendship; five couples find love.
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TracksGoal:
To encourage people to…• ride public transit• reach out to strangers• break down barriers • become “lovers at
large”
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Multicultural Cast of 20
5336 or 73
( )
White
SouthAsian or Middle EasternLatinoBlackAsian
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The Women
An
Helena Celia Melanie SholehRosie An
Carla Shanti Olivia Wanda BeaLorna
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The LovesDuran Mike David PeterSam
Helina Melanie Celia Sholeh Lorna
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Song Themes (24 Songs)• Train Life: 5 songs
(“Third Car, Seventh Row”)• Friendship: 9 songs
(“With Friends Like These”)• Love: 10 songs
(“Rather Like You”)• Other: 2 songs
(“That’s What We Do”)
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TracksSong Genres (ballads, production numbers, novelty songs, chorales)
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Agenda
I What Tracks is aboutII Train songs in American musicalsIII What will development require?IV Three Tracks songs performedV Questions
2007-02-17 [email protected]
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Train Songs in American Musicals
The Music Man
Harvey Girls
Sun Valley Serenade
Polar Express
Bells are Ringing
Meet Me in St. Louis
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Agenda
I What Tracks is aboutII Train songs in American musicalsIII What will development require?IV Three Tracks songs performedV Questions
2007-02-17 [email protected]
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Goal: Production or Cast Album
• …to persuade lawmakers• …to inspire grassroots demand
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What It Will Take
14-26$38-57KTotal
2-3$5-8KMix album
3-6$15-20K (~21 singers)Sing cast album
2-3$4-7KArrange/MIDI incidental music
8-16$14-22K ($200-$300 / song-minute × 80 min.)
Create a MIDI virtual orchestra
MonthsMoneyTask
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Development Timeline
2007 2008 2009
Piano Arrangements
Orchestrations
Vocal Recordings / Mix
Local Show
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Agenda
I What Tracks is aboutII Train songs in American musicalsIII What will development require?IV Three Tracks songs performedV Questions
2007-02-17 [email protected]
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Showtime!• “With Friends Like These”
Anastasia | Anna | Chester | Gracie | Liza | Paul
• “Third Car, Seventh Row”Chester (as Professor Peter Kim)
• “Rather Like You”Chester | Gracie (as Mike and Melanie)
