Songlist (selections) Click title to read lyric. Musical Theatre | Kids' Stuff | Folk/Country | Rock/Ballad | Novelty/Blues/Other lyric info .mp3 clip Note: These songs are in alphabetical order. To get a good feeling for variety of style, view several songs of different genres and uses. Musical Theatre     America's Sweetheart Title song from a mini-musical COMEDY performed in Chicago. Flower in the Desert Pop BALLAD from MFA thesis, a rock 'n' roll "Salome."   Goodbye, Lucille COMIC/TRAGIC song with complicated structure.   Hunger Song BALLAD: Two monkeys sing about the basics.   I've Got a Talkative Nature CHARM song: A knight errant craves social interaction.   The Last to Notice An actor sings a BALLAD about someone who's just occurred to him.   Let the Buyer Beware CHARM song telling His Honor to chill.   Suppertime PARODY sung to tune of Gershwin's "Summertime." The Water at Home Warm BALLAD sung by Farmer Eli and wife in a one-act musical.   Whole New Ball Game Now A CHARM song for a Neil Simon character. Link to: You Oughta Get that Looked At COMEDY song about an impending predicament.       More about the musicals           Top Kids' Stuff     Litterbug Song Folk tune written for Earth Day 1990. Same and Different Song (Part 1: Same) Song for preschool+ television pilot, Willa Wonders   What Carly Said Silly kids' song teaches importance of vowels.   Who's That Bear? Who indeed? Theme for animated short by Dagum Animation. Top Folk/Country info clip Away Away Ray Bradbury meets modern marketing? Jen-Jenny (Don't Close Your Eyes) Yearning folksy ballad to someone long ago.   Love May Spring Up Sweet ballad written for a friend's wedding. My Eyes on You Silly little love song. Link to: Take My Heart Love song...sort of...about something deep inside. Yesler Way Pop parody about the original "Skid Row" in Seattle. Top Rock/Ballad & Pop    Between the Moon and a Longing Heart Wrenching ballad about long-distance relations.   Too Much Trouble (In the World) Ballad about humanity with unlikely p.o.v. Until I Have You The fine line between love & obsession.           Additional Rock/Ballad & Pop Clips from my songwriting demo:   Skin Obsession is not only skin deep Vocalist: Andrew Trap Here You Are A love song about the difference one person can make Vocalist: Dan Metreyeon  Minor Variation A man struggles to get over the loss of a loved one Vocalist: Tim Carosi Top Novelty/Blues/Other Dogs in My Dreams A bluesy song about summer heat. Sweat of My Brow Poem on the nobility of work in technological age.

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CABARET SINGERS: Note that a number of these songs are being, have been, or can easily be adapted for cabaret presentation. These are marked with a red vertical line:

CHARM SONG: A "charm song," in my definition, is a character-defining song that often has a comic undertone, but is not necessarily out-and-out funny, as would be a COMEDY SONG. Charm songs are often "I Want" or "I Am" songs for main characters in the musical. Examples of charm songs are "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" from MY FAIR LADY and "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No" from OKLAHOMA. One might argue that a charm song can also define a group, rather than an individual: "The Jet Song" from WEST SIDE STORY, perhaps? "The Farmer and the Ploughman" from OKLAHOMA? I would also submit that there are songs that are "uptempo," but not charm songs nor comedy songs nor ballads, as they do not reveal elements of a particular character or group, but touch on larger themes or contribute to the atmosphere (an example might be "Another Hundred People" in COMPANY) or just don't seem to be charm songs (I am trying to hink of an example...but my mind is blank.)

COPYRIGHT: All words and music © Copyright 2003 by Adam Steinberg / Squeaky Toy Music unless otherwise indicated on the song's pages. All rights reserved.

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Note on musical theatre songs: Songs such as America's Sweetheart; Let the Buyer Beware; Goodbye, Lucille and The Last to Notice were conceived and developed in the New Tuners Workshop or the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Songs written for musical theater often must fit stricter standards for structure, theme, story, rhyme, and so forth, than do songs written as a singer/songwriter.

 

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