Okay, I need help, suggestions, and/or advice. I’ve been putting so much effort into polishing a showtune audition piece for a theatre production that I didn’t even think about a capella. Any suggestions for non-showtune songs (preferably only a couple minutes long — stay on the short side)? A bit of experimentation last night revealed that Tori Amos sounds good on my voice, and the Penny Loafers and Off the Beat have done a bit of Tori in the past. Indigo Girls are good… wah. Why didn’t I think to prepare for this more in advance? I have four days! *panics*

And wow, I’ve just come to realize how little work I’ve done for Men at Arms in the past year. I tried out for Dark of the Moon, the Jesuit fall play, with “Whatever Happened to Honor,” as it was the only piece I’d finished and what I had of “Another City” absolutely sucked, and I’m still practically at this exact point a year later. Although “Another City” admittedly sucks a great deal less than it did at the beginning of my senior year, it’s still rubbish, and although I’ve written quite a fair share of “It’s Going to be You” and “I’ve Given You My Heart,” they’ve still got a ways to go. Okay, but I’ve done quite a bit of orchestration for “Another City” and the reprise, and “Fair Warning” is entirely new and I’ve got a couple verses for it, I’ve got a potential reprise for “Whatever Happened to Honor” pretty much done, and I don’t think “Angua” existed this time last year. And I’m fairly sure I’ve actually accomplished a bit on the ever-evolving “My Kind of Town.” “Powers of Two” hasn’t changed since summer a year ago, nor has “Too Much to Lose” (though the reprise has changed a bit in my head).

Okay, so I have accomplished more than I initially thought, but hey, it’s been a year. Someday I’m going to set a deadline for when I’m going to record one or two songs on my computer (for myself and you guys, if you want to hear it). It might not be the final version, but it’ll force me to accomplish stuff — lyrics in particular. It’ll be the musical equivalent of NaNoWriMo, except not insane.