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Robot Nature
Robot Nature, a new musical by Tammy Mader and Ian C. Weber, had its world premiere at Roosevelt University in December 2021. Along the way, the robots learn what it means to be alive, the scientists learn what it means to have a life, and the audience gets to see a lot of tap dancing.
“My Machine” is the opening number of the show, where a team of top scientists are presenting the machines they’ve created for a cutting-edge research endeavor with the intent of replacing human discord with harmony.
“Outside This Room” takes place in the lab after a disaster has crashed all the robots. Three of the scientists—the unlucky ones—are stuck with the graveyard shift trying to recover as much data as possible from the bots. They begin to question if their successful careers were worth the sacrifices they made along the way.
Project 18
Project 18 was composed in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a remote dance collaboration with 17 of my other colleagues from school. Each dancer choreographed a short segment to a metronome and I wrote the music around their movement. The full video can be seen here.
Tap dancing by Brennan Parker and Jordan Cruse
Electronic Music Isn’t Real Music
Do you just hate that new-fangled electric nonsense the kids are listening to these days? Do you believe that all electronic music was created by, for, and with soulless machines? Then you should give this a listen.
No Highway Option Theme
Theme song for the podcast NO HIGHWAY OPTION, written and produced by yours truly.
All great cinema makes us ask questions, but only one question applies to every movie ever made: "Is it better or worse than Vin Diesel's 2005 masterpiece The Pacifier?" Join best friends Connor & Luke (plus guests!) as they attempt to analyze and answer that question as it pertains to every movie...ever.*
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