Day 3...

We have spent a few hours talking on Skype. Like, literally talking...using fancy headsets and everything. Granted, this decision, while amusing, was not entirely inspired. Our attention spans do not allow for us to actually be able to hear each other. And when one headset stops working, well, then we feel the need to pretend we understand technology. Which we do not. But it's fun nonetheless to talk to each other in real-time.

Hunter (of [title of show] fame) posted on my wall today. I wish to share it here. I had asked him if he had any advice for us, since we have no experience with writing an original musical. Here's what he said:

Hunter Bell (New York, NY) wrote at 11:21pm
i vote trust your instincts - wrote what you love and what makes you laugh and what you'd want to see! :)

Just to reiterate...

This is really happening!

I felt it was time for me to blog again. I have no idea why. Maybe because last night's chat was so exciting and inspiring and now I can't stop thinking about it. We totally killed those gnatty-attention-span vampires (is that even what you'd call them?) and got down to work. It was crazy how much we accomplished in the course of an hour. Okay, so we'd been talking for a good six or seven hours by that time, but we still got a lot accomplished.

This musicals going to rock, let me just tell you that now. It's going to be goofy, but it's going to have heart too. We want people to understand why Broadway fans become so loyal and connected--not just to the shows they love and Broadway in general, but to each other. Some of my closest friends I've met that way...heck, that's how the three of us met! We've got some crazy plans in the works, guys. Crazy and wonderful.

We know how the opening is going to look. We don't know what the dialogue is going to be, or what the song is going to be, or any of those details. But we do know what it's going to look like when that curtain opens. And that's definitely something.

Lovely readers, we're doing this. I almost think that after that first chat...even though we were excited...we weren't 100% convinced with ourselves that this would happen. Our attention spans were too short, we got nothing done, and we hadn't killed all those vampires still lurking in us. But they're killed now! After last night's chat, I'm convinced of that. The music, lyrics, dialogue...okay, so we don't have those down yet...but they're coming. I can feel them coming. In the next couple days, I'm planning on sitting down and scratching out the opening scene. Katie's already going full-force into music writing. I think B's got some lyrics up her sleeve. It's not going to be easy, and it's not going to happen fast...this whole thing is going to take a while and it's going to be a lot of work--I think we've finally begun to realize that. But this is going to be awesome. And I couldn't be more excited!

No Vampire Zone

Have you ever wondered why we're obsessed with Broadway musicals?

Have you ever felt the need to find someone who truly understands you?

Do you wish you could run away from life?

Then this musical is for you! We're slowly but surely figuring this thing out. We're throwing ideas out there and we've decided these discussions have only 2 rules.

1. It's a no vampire zone!

2. We're going to be completely honest with each other.

With rules like that, who knows what we'll come up with!?

Epic Randomness

Yes, I'm posting again. I have no life.

B (that would be Erin B.), Katie, and I have been in a skype chat for...at least an hour and a half. Maybe longer. I've lost track of time. All I know is that I was going to do laundry, and they distracted me. *shakes finger*

Anywho...in the course of this very, very long chat, very little has been accomplished. I mean, okay, we figured out character names and 3 out of 4 descriptions and where this crazy thing is taking place. But, really, that's not a lot. Plot? Still haven't figured that minor detail out yet. We do know that the characters' names are Thea, Holly, Aimee, and Trudy (although Tamila doesn't know about the Trudy thing yet...) and it's taking place in a suburb outside STL. That's about all.

We're easily distracted. After we fought with AIM chat for a while, then switched to Skype...then talked about creepers and show peeps and all that...this gem popped up:

[9:58:50 PM] Katie Andersen says: I still need some lyrics
[9:59:00 PM] Erin Bahrt says: i need some plot lol

And then I got confused a few times and Katie's nose started bleeding and...then I was confused again. We sang along to Seussical and Sound of Music for about .5 seconds each.

Basically, we all have the attention span of gnats.

Die vampire...die?

So, you've gotten the backstory on our little project now. I'm the "other" Erin. Erin B, or Liza if you prefer (but please don't prefer it). I'm the one writing the lyrics to this amazing show!

Erin M and Katie both talked about killing their vampires in their "intro posts." I'm sure you're wondering what in the world they are referring to, aren't you? Clickity click click to listen to it, but in short, as the song explains, a vampire is something that keeps you from expressing your creative self. Pretty much everyone has vampires, and we're slaying ours by doing this musical!

You might be asking what this show is about. To be honest? We're still figuring it out ourselves. All I can say for sure is that it's gonna be crazy fun and entertaining! Keep checking back for more on the storyline and the music!

My Intro?

Here's my story. I get home from Michigan, where I had been for Thanksgiving, and I get on facebook. It tells me I have six freaking notifications. Whatever. So I click the little thing and I have two new wall posts. Interesting. The first is from Erin B.:

Erin Bahrt wrote at 4:37pm
K, so Katie A and I are writing a musical. She's in charge of the music, I'm in charge of the lyrics (apparently haha), Tamila is in charge of the choreography (she just doesn't know it yet) and you get to write the book. You in?

This was followed almost immediately by:

Katie Andersen wrote at 4:59pm
And our musical is about some fan girls who need to get to NYC and they are totally willing to live in a cardboard box if they have to and/or join the pirates to make some money to get themselves there. Does this sound familiar to anyone else...?

Moral of the story...of course I said yes and now here I am. What a lovely and exciting thing to come home to after spending an entire day in the car with my family!

So...I suppose introductions are in order? If they're not...deal. I'm going to introduce myself anyway. I'm Erin Millar (or Erin M....or Erin #1...or Erin #2 depending on the situation). Whatever name I'm referred to...I'm the "other Erin" Katie was talking about down in her post. Which means, for any of you having trouble keeping up, I'm the book writer for this lovely (if a bit scary) musical. I say it's going to be a bit scary because it's us. If you don't know us...first of all HI! Second of all...we can be a little scary, I'll admit it. And I don't mean horror-movie-knife-through-the-shower-curtain scary. I mean scary in the sense that we tend to be fan girls. Thus, the musical.

I've already scared my roommate, if that's any consolation.

But, yes, this musical will rock, this blog will be nothing but entertaining, I'm sure. Keep checking back here for entertainment and follow us along on this fantastic, scary, vampire-slaying journey. Because that's exactly what it's going to be. :)

An Original Blog

Katie (3:30:33 PM): I think we should write a musical
Katie (3:30:38 PM): I'll do the music
Erin B. (3:30:38 PM): lol
Katie (3:30:41 PM): you do the lyrics
Katie (3:30:47 PM): maybe the other Erin could do the book
Erin B. (3:30:52 PM): ooh yeah
And so our idea was born.

All the cool musical writers have blogs, and we're no exception.

Basically, all we know is we want to write a musical chronicling the lives of fan girls who long so much to visit New York City that they are completely ok with the idea of living in a cardboard box or joining a band of pirates to afford it. We don't have any experience, we don't have any idea what we're getting ourselves into, but our vampires have been suppressed and we're ready to give it a try.