I am going to make a Steampunk Opera.
I am starting this blog in order to declare my intention to make a Steampunk Opera and to document the process. Hi. My name is Paul Shapera and I make music under the name Mocha Lab. I will be...
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Plots, loops, and coincidence.
After deciding on a steampunk opera, i had the small issue of coming up with a plot. A friend was visiting from the states and together we went to Belgrade for a few days. While there i saw a book in...
View ArticleThe Steampunk Opera Overture (demo version)
I sit here in a tine old, village house in the mountains of southern Serbia madly composing away. My wife has taken our beautiful little toddler to Belgrade in order for me to work uninterupted. I rise...
View ArticleCharacter Background 2: Edgar McAlistair
As we move into the 2nd Act, we arrive at the 2nd generation of McAlistairs, Annabel’s son, Edgar. Who is he? At the outset of the 2nd Act he is young, early to mid 20 something, no older than 25. He...
View ArticleCharacter Background 3: Jasper, The Dead Guy
As we prepare to begin composition of the 3rd Act (in about 2 weeks) it’s becoming time to address the one character in the entire Opera who is in all 4 Acts, present in all 4 generations the show...
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Brecht: He Doesn’t Want You To Like Him. No Hugs.
He wants the two of you to be able to do it, but not get too close. Is he me in my 20s? No. Bertolt Brecht, for the non thesbian among you, is a reknowned German theater director from the early 20th...
View ArticleThe Subculture Song
I’m actually done musically with Act 3 and now working on vocal melodies and lyrics. I, of course, am not actually signing any of the material, but i sing all the lines on the scratch tracks so the...
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Steampunk Voodoo
And then, on a little island in the middle of the Danube, it hit me: a Steampunk Voodoo song. This subculture song is not the only song i’ve have to put thought into, but it’s the one i’m documenting...
View ArticleCharacter Background: Rachael (Atompunk Opera)
We shall attempt to write as much about our female lead, Rachael as we possibly can at this early juncture. We can either begin with where she is at the beginning of the opera, 18 and just being...
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Welcome To Act 1 Of An Atompunk Opera
It is wisest to promote the new release of the 1st Act of An Atompunk Opera another day, so i am doing so, but after the link we’ll talk a hair. If you haven’t heard, the 1st Act of An Atompunk Opera,...
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