Let's Cheer
Busy writing a stage musical: To be sung by the show’s villain and a madam - with backing voices from the fawning politicians & public health authorities upon their arrival at a very important annual gathering in the house of power.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Regina Malan (Vocals)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Tony Drake (Keyboard / Synth)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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The Fog on the Mire
Busy writing a stage musical: This piece sets the scene for what is to come. With the stage-set having moved back in time, the song is sung by the co-lead; it covers the period 2020 until the launch of the ‘vaccine’ rollout.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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The Ghost of Lonely Pain
Busy writing a stage musical: To be sung by a friend of the female lead, who in good faith took part in the pandemic vaccination trials. Her injuries were never acknowledged by the health authorities.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Bev Scott Brown (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Guitar, musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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We Say Goodbye
Busy writing a stage musical: This piece will be used as the show finale.
Special thanks to the contributing artists, vocals in order of appearance:
Bev Scott-Brown (lead)
Godfrey Johnson (lead)
Penny Radsma (lead)
Selim Kagee (lead)
Regina Malan (lead)
Roger Maitland (lead)
Elaine Ridgway (chorus)
Tony Drake (Piano and musical arrangement)
Clive Ridgway (Musical director, vocal arrangement and producer)
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Something New
Busy writing a stage musical: Set in a sanctuary for the human spirit (for self-aware folk), this little ‘trilogy’ will play out as a performance, or a ‘show within a show’; driven by the co-lead and supported by the couple (now re-united), with full cast to join in parts.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Roger Maitland (Vocals)
Regina Malan (Vocals)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Tony Drake (Keyboard / Synth)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Conspiracy
Busy writing a stage musical: Some theatre of the mind. Set early in the production, the lead character witnesses this in his workplace following a televised speech from the prime minister.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Bandile Skweyiya (Vocals)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Tony Drake (Keyboard / Synth)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Conspiracy (Reprise)
Busy writing a stage musical: Set late in the production, the lead character returns to his former workplace to address his colleagues.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Clive Ridgway (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Valentine's Ballad
Busy writing a stage musical: The co-lead (Valentine) appears to the male lead in a dream scene in part 1 of this song; the dream transmutes into the modern-day game of chess.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Roger Maitland (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Guitar, musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Let's Get to Work
Busy writing a stage musical: The honky-tonk will be performed by a few players (the story’s villain and henchmen) from within the inner sanctum of the house of power.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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I Say Goodbye
Busy writing a stage musical: This song will be assigned to the male lead, after losing his job as a result of his company’s vaccine mandates.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Bev Scott Brown (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Guitar, musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
https://youtu.be/Ie8cc7bJzaE
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The Circus Show
Busy writing a stage musical: A farcical look at the house of power, reflecting the story’s villain and the henchmen.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Regina Malan (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Piper's Tune
Busy writing a stage musical: With protest marches across the empire brought on by the threat to individual / civil liberties (ushered in by the pandemic regulations), this will be sung by someone from the resistance movement.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway: (Vocals, musical arrangement and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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I Wonder Why
Busy writing a stage musical: Insights into the character of the female lead.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Bev Scott Brown (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Guitar, musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Greed, Power and Stealth
Busy writing a stage musical: A good story needs a villain – well, this one’s easy. A satirical glimpse into the story of the anti-hero.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
A Requiem
Busy writing a stage musical: As a show opener, this is set in the deep future, as a remembrance of those fallen during the pandemic. It will be followed by a narrator taking the set back to late 2020.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Selim Kagee (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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It's Just Not 'Just'
Busy writing a stage musical: Again, the pesky resistance movement making a noise.
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Undeniably Mine
Busy writing a stage musical: Still apart (due to pandemic mandates / lockdowns) this song will likely be sung as a duet, the male & female leads reflecting on their envisaged future together.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical arrangement and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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The Freedom in Me
Busy writing a stage musical: Having made certain realisations along the way, this song will be assigned to the male lead.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Godfrey Johnson (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Musical arrangement and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Midnight & Moonlight
Busy writing a stage musical: The show’s signature song: it will be assigned to the female lead.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Bev Scott Brown (Vocals)
Clive Ridgway (Guitar, musical direction and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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Colourful Day
Busy writing a stage musical: Sung by the co-lead, Valentine.
Special thanks to:
Clive Ridgway (Vocals, guitar, musical direction, and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING
Art of Tristan Night (Artwork)
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When Two People Fall in Love
Busy writing a stage musical: To be sung by a female accompaniment as the couple eventually get together in marriage.
Special thanks to the contributing artists:
Penny Radsma (Vocals)
Tony Drake (Piano)
Clive Ridgway (Guitar, musical arrangement and production)
Recorded at Lightway Studio and The Cape Town School of SONGWRITING