Fantastic idea to create a blog for the production "My Green Eyes"!!!! This rock opera is full of firsts for me--first time in musical theater, first time singing live with a rock band (SO COOL!) , first time doing real studio recording, and now, I'm blogging for the very first time. What will be next?? It's exciting to part of a production that, as Randy says, is making so many people's dreams come true. There's great "chi" going on from what I can see. My biggest challenge at the moment--as one of the performers--is to figure out how to sing more like a pop or rock singer without going hoarse in the voice.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
About Me
- Name: My Green Eyes Green Room
Hi, this is Randy Baker. I am really excited at all of the fuss going on around putting up on a full length production of my rock opera "My Green Eyes"! I know it is helping others make their dreams come true as well - people who actually want to be in musical theater productions singing, dancing, etc (not me!). Ever since I was a kid I wanted to write a rock opera. I saw "Jesus Christ Superstar" and thought - "I could do that!". Well, it is easier said than done. I started working on my first rock opera in high school, but only wrote about 3 or 4 songs, then quit. Anyhow, right out of college I ran away with my song-writing partner, Rick L. Moody, to start a rock and roll band in CA. I was a writer, singer and guitarist (in that order). When I told Rick I wanted to write a rock opera, his reply was "Why?". What do you do then, after you have written it? Well, without the Judson Community, it would have been really, really unlikely that I would ever have tried to put on a production of it. So thank you, thank you, thank you Judson folks!

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