NED DONOVAN
  • Home
  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Media
  • Contact
  • Audition Cat

The Irrelevant Musings of an Actor

New Words

4/14/2016

0 Comments

 
Hey everyone,

As you all know, the last few months have been kind of rough for me. It's been 2 and a half months since my father died, however as my father always taught me, I've kept pushing forward and trying to push upward. I've been hinting for the last 2 months that I have a cool project coming up, and I'm about 3 days from telling you exactly what that is.

In a truncated nutshell, however, I've been working on a passion project of 10 recordings. They've been percolating in my head for a couple of years, and I really buckled down on getting them arranged and recorded starting last October. In February, when we made the decision to allow my father to pass away comfortably, I decided to add an 11th track to that list. 

This is the 11th track. It's an arrangement of "New Words" by Maury Yeston, from the musical "In the Beginning". This absolutely beautiful arrangement was made for me by my good friend Chris LaRosa whose work is unparalleled. We recorded it on the 27th of February, 3 and a half weeks after my father passed away, at Degraw Sound in Brooklyn. Harper James engineered the track and mixed it so beautifully. 

Thank you so very, very, very much to the incredible artists who contributed to this track/video. To the musicians, Marcus Thorne Bagala (Guitar), Samuel Thorne Bagala (Piano and Conducting Strings/Rhythm Sections), Erica Swindell (Violin1), Katrina Lenk (Viola), Christine Chen (Cello), Zoe Aqua (Violin 2), Will Melones (Bass), and Sebastian Chiriboga (Percussion).

Thanks to Garrett Kafchinski and Abner James for shooting such wonderful footage, and for helping me through this editing process.

And thanks to all of you guys, friends and family alike, without whom I would be lost in 2016. You guys keep my head up, you keep my spirits high, and you keep me lifted even at my lowest. You will never know how much you mean to me, and how much you have given me in the last 2 and a half months.

Dad, I love you, I miss you, thank you for teaching me to name the stars.
​
~ Ned
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    I find myself hilarious, and I use this blog to stroke my own ego. Thanks for indulging me.

    Archives

    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    September 2015
    February 2015
    May 2014
    November 2013
    September 2013
    June 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011

    Categories

    All
    Charging Moose Media
    Family
    Film
    Friends
    Life
    Musings
    Pop Culture
    Random
    Reviews
    School
    Sports
    Staged Combat
    Theatre
    Website

    RSS Feed

© COPYRIGHT NED DONOVAN - 2020
Picture
  • Home
  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Media
  • Contact
  • Audition Cat