For the last few months, we have had the real pleasure to be working on recording, mixing, and mastering the demos for the new musical “Plastic The Musical”. These guys and gals are incredibly funny and talented. The show was written by Leigh Rivenbark (Founding Director of Theatre New Brunswick Theatre School), Tony LePage (Broadway cast of Rock of Ages), and Tania Breen (drama department at the University of New Brunswick).
Leigh came in at the end of last year, all the way from Canada to our NYC recording studio, to record some local talent. Leigh was totally prepared to record the session himself as he is quite an adept producer himself. But we couldn’t pass up the chance to be behind the board for this project, so we took care of the recording while Leigh took care of the directing and producing. We used a combination of AKG and Neumann microphones to find the right sound for each singer, and we are glad we did because after we were done recording Leigh approached us about mixing and mastering the tracks. It’s been a few months of hard work on these songs, but they are so catchy I would have been hearing them in my head even if I wasn’t working on them. Enough about how we recorded and mixed this project, here is what the show is about:
“Plastic The Musical explores the struggle between reality and illusion in contemporary North America. It tells the story of an ordinary woman named Amy More searching for authentic happiness in a superficial world. In the musical, Kenneth Hart, a plastic surgeon, bets Amy that he can transform her from an unhappy ordinary woman into a happy supermodel within six months. She agrees to the bet on two conditions: if he wins, she will admit that beauty is a key to success; if he loses, he will give up his plastic surgery practice. The musical features a pop/rock score of thirty-one songs, a cast of eight actors (two men, six women), and a band of five musicians (two keyboards, guitar, bass, drums).”
Keep an ear and eye out for this show as they are currently pushing the demos around and, with such a talented producer and musical team, we are sure they are going to be on Broadway soon enough.