With You As A Friend

This song has been some years in the making. While I had settled on the chorus since 2002, the tunes for the main verses and bridge came about only more recently. Admittably, I find it the most challenging to write melodies for male duets because I can never seem to get the “feel” right. But [...]

Don’t Give In / With You As A Friend (Reprise)

There’s no significantly new melody in this piece. It’s a “transition” song meant to advance the plot and merely takes its melody from 2 other songs – Caron’s “Don’t Give In” and Jacques and John’s “With You As A Friend”. The full versions of both pieces haven’t been completed, although Caron provides a refrain in [...]

It’s Alright

I’m fairly satisfied with this initial draft, although I know there will probably be many revisions. “It’s Alright” arose in Vegas earlier this year when I was navigating the main street past individuals who were trying to pass me cards and flyers. The normal refrain was “it’s alright” and the melody flowed quite naturally from [...]

Calm The Waves

I’m still writing my latest piece “It’s Alright” which has unfortunately hit a road-block in one stanza. In the meantime, I’m putting up another song which I wrote many years back. Chevalier sings this with his father, Pierre, in jail.

Calm The Waves
(Chevalier and Pierre)
Chevalier:
Calm the waves,
And let us be strong.
Free the slaves
For they are not [...]