In the Attic, New Who info...

[L. Bird]

> >From several reports, Pete has said he's working on "The Boy Who Heard
>Music" as a mini-opera to take on tour.  Additionally, he's got 23 songs
>that they will start recording next week.

>I wasn't keeping up with the blog, but when it ended and some plans were
mentioned, I took a look.  It sounded to be like the seeds of this were
planted then.  Pete talked about writing music that used contributions from
the bloggers and having it culminate in a Lifehouse style concert.  Have
more details been announced?

Not yet.  As I understand it, these are two different things.  What he 
announced at the end of the novella was The Method, which entails composing 
musical themes for/with members of the audience.  This project will involve 
the contributors to his blog and also composer and programmer Lawrence Ball 
and Dave Snowdon that (apparently) Pete worked with for the Psychoderelict 
tour.  When the themes are done, they will be combined to provide material 
for a Lifehouse type concert.  No indication of what the music will sound 
like.  Given the folks he's working with, it might be New Age type 
electronica.

The other topic under discussion is the multimedia applications of Pete's 
ideas.  So far, he's written a script and a novella for "The Boy Who Heard 
Music" and while we were reading and commenting on the novella, it seems 
Pete was working on music for it, which he said on Towser TV yesterday would 
make up a mini-opera that he would take on tour.  It wasn't clear whether he 
meant with The Who or solo.


>As far as the other songs and recordings, you're talking about The Who,
right?  Can you summarize whatever Who related info was mentioned?  The
whole fake Cockney, celebrity, name drop luvvie-fest atmosphere of the thing
makes it painful to watch.  But I would like to know what Who plans are
discussed.  Would anyone who's into the whole deal mind passing on the 
relevant sections?  Jon, you watched it, right?

Pete said he had 23 songs and they would start recording next week.  That's 
all we know.  Again, it's not clear whether this is all material for The Who 
or whether he's planning a second piggy-back solo tour.  Presumably Roger 
will or has already listened to this and picked out songs he thinks he can 
sings, and Pete will make arrangements for the others.  Clearly there will 
be a woman's part in TBWHM, but they didn't say anthing about how it might 
be produced for the tour.

That's my take on it, anyhow.


keets