Audio Bonus Content #10 - How We Made The Singing Sister

The Once And Future Nerd

Glass & Madera

Fiction, Comedy Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Remember the song that Arlene sang to Gwen back in Chapter 6 and again in Chapter 9? We know at least some of you do, because you wrote in to tell us how much you loved it, and to ask whether it was available as a standalone track.

Well…it is now! We re-recorded it with a new arrangement and live instruments. Head over to onceandfuturenerd.bandcamp.com to purchase it for $1 (or more if you’d like to be very kind. Patreon subscribers, check your Patreon feed for a coupon code to save 50¢.)

And for today’s bonus content, we talked to the talented folks involved for insight into making the song.

Keep reading for full credits and attributions.

“The Singing Sister”

Lyrics by Zach Glass & Christian T. Madera, based on a traditional folk song
Music by Anya Gibian

This version arranged, orchestrated, and produced by Tom Lee.

Recorded and Edited by Justin Tricarico at Studio 302, Queens College, Queens, NY.

Performed by:

Anya Gibian – Vocals

Emily P. Dana – Harp, Violin, Viola
Simona Donova – Flute
Zach Glass – Trumpet
Tom Lee – Percussion programming
Kelsey Sheldon – Cello

Mixed by Chris Montalbo of The Last Alliance.

Executive Produced by Zach Glass & Christian T. Madera

The Making-Of Featurette:

This episode is heavily inspired by Song Exploder, which we highly recommend.

Music used:

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody got an announcement today that we are really excited about. We've been kind of teasing it for a little while, but way back during book one when there was the song that Arlene was singing to Gwen from time to time, the singing sister, a lot of you were writing in and saying how much you loved the song and how much
0:23.1	you'd love to be able to purchase it as kind of a standalone. And now you can. The
0:30.9	Singing Sister is available for purchase right now, right this very instant, at once and future
0:36.5	nerd.bandcamp.com.
0:38.8	And for this recording, we did a whole new arrangement and orchestration with a real
0:45.1	string section and harps and everything arranged by our composer Tom Lee.
0:50.8	We think it sounds fantastic and we hope you will too. So it's available for sale right now
0:57.4	for $1. If you are a Patreon supporter, we'll have a coupon code for you in the Patreon feed
1:05.5	to pay 50 cents for it. If you are not a supporter but have been kind of looking for an excuse to kick
1:13.2	in a few bucks towards the show, but can't commit to an ongoing Patreon donation, there is an
1:19.2	option on the band camp page to pay more than a dollar for the song. So that's also a great way to
1:25.4	support the show. But beyond just making the song, we've also got a special bonus content episode for you today
1:33.2	where we're going to talk about how we made the song and how we did the arrangement.
1:38.1	If you are familiar with the podcast Song Exploder on the Radiotopia Network.
1:49.6	This format will feel very, you know, you'll be acquainted with this format.
1:51.2	That's kind of what we're going for.
1:56.7	If you are not familiar with Song Exploder, I highly suggest you familiarize yourself.
1:58.9	It's one of my favorite podcasts.
2:05.6	They've got a great episode talking to Ramin Jowadi, who is the composer on Game of Thrones. I'm going to make a conservative estimate that probably about 100% of you hearing my voice right now watch Game of Thrones.
2:14.0	So that's a really cool episode that you should check out.
2:16.6	If you are
2:17.6	Hrishikish Herway, please don't sue us. We love your show. And we're telling all of our fans that
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