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Note: Please check our home page for a 2009 remix of this song.
Postludes Trio was born at MacJams.com. We're starting out by setting to music the sonnets of William Shakespeare.
Members of Postludes Trio:
Jack Miller (MJ username: dadai) hails from Santa Barbara, CA).
Mike Lavoie (MJ username: Mr. EI Oval) dwells in Chicago, IL.
Rich Schletty (MJ username: rschletty) has a very permanent residence in St. Paul, MN.
Comments by Jack Miller:
Oct. 10, 2005... you can listen to Jack's newly recorded version of Thou Art More Lovely at:
http://www.macjams.com/song/14197
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is one of his best known and most loved, due in part to its accessibility. As you listen, imagine a man walking in an open meadow on a summer's day, daydreaming of his lover. He begins to contemplate, in his own heart, to what he can compare her. But comparisons fail, even as he considers a summer's day or the sun itself. She is unique.
When I first started to write a sonnet-song, I didn't know where I was going. The inspiration to do this was born of a desire to bring Shakespeare in a modern musical form to today's audience. "Love Alters Not" (here) was the initial result and a pleasant surprise. Now with "Thou Art More Lovely" completed, I just want to say how grateful I am to be working with Richard and Mike. We're three middle-aged guys having a lot of fun.
This piece has a light jazz flavor and in it Richard delivers (IMHO) his best vocal performance on MacJams.com. Mike, once again on guitar, provides excellent lead rhythm and flourishes, as well as a short solo, that make this song come together. Richard shows off his growing skills with some great background acoustic guitar playing. Employing the mighty "pencil tool", I provide the upright bass as well as a little live shaker shaking. We hope you like it.
Lyrics: William Shakespeare
Musical Composition: Jack Miller
Vocals and guitar: Richard Schletty
Lead rhythm and solo guitar: Mike Lavoie
Bass & Shaker: Jack Miller
Mixing: Richard Schletty
12-7-2004: Some timing issues resolved. New mix posted.
Postludes Trio was born at MacJams.com. We're starting out by setting to music the sonnets of William Shakespeare.
Members of Postludes Trio:
Jack Miller (MJ username: dadai) hails from Santa Barbara, CA).
Mike Lavoie (MJ username: Mr. EI Oval) dwells in Chicago, IL.
Rich Schletty (MJ username: rschletty) has a very permanent residence in St. Paul, MN.
Comments by Jack Miller:
Oct. 10, 2005... you can listen to Jack's newly recorded version of Thou Art More Lovely at:
http://www.macjams.com/song/14197
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is one of his best known and most loved, due in part to its accessibility. As you listen, imagine a man walking in an open meadow on a summer's day, daydreaming of his lover. He begins to contemplate, in his own heart, to what he can compare her. But comparisons fail, even as he considers a summer's day or the sun itself. She is unique.
When I first started to write a sonnet-song, I didn't know where I was going. The inspiration to do this was born of a desire to bring Shakespeare in a modern musical form to today's audience. "Love Alters Not" (here) was the initial result and a pleasant surprise. Now with "Thou Art More Lovely" completed, I just want to say how grateful I am to be working with Richard and Mike. We're three middle-aged guys having a lot of fun.
This piece has a light jazz flavor and in it Richard delivers (IMHO) his best vocal performance on MacJams.com. Mike, once again on guitar, provides excellent lead rhythm and flourishes, as well as a short solo, that make this song come together. Richard shows off his growing skills with some great background acoustic guitar playing. Employing the mighty "pencil tool", I provide the upright bass as well as a little live shaker shaking. We hope you like it.
Lyrics: William Shakespeare
Musical Composition: Jack Miller
Vocals and guitar: Richard Schletty
Lead rhythm and solo guitar: Mike Lavoie
Bass & Shaker: Jack Miller
Mixing: Richard Schletty
12-7-2004: Some timing issues resolved. New mix posted.
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Lyrics
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Thanks for the opportunity to hear this as it progressed.
You've seemed to have ironed out all the wrinkles... and
delivered a very high-quality recording. Vocals are right
on. Musicianship at its highest degree. Peak
performances. This is a great collaborative project.
Three cheers for Postludes Trio!!!