For pleasure, however, I listen to Mary Chapin Carpenter or Ani DiFranco. I'm not that into show music anymore, though I'm a big fan of Ragtime, which I think is marvelous. "I didn't get into late 50s rock, but with the advent of the Motown sound and folk-rock and the Beatles, Mamas and Papas, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro - all those people - I think my taste underwent a shift in college that, frankly, remains to this day. Though he grew up playing classical music and listening to Broadway show tunes, Schwartz was also strongly influenced by folk music, because his parents liked it a lot.
Percussion and synth will also be at the concert." The CD's guitarist (Jay Condiotti) will be playing at the gig, as is my friend Ann Marie to sing back-up. Mostly what I'm doing are new songs from the CD. "I had my first rehearsal with my band yesterday. "I've done concerts before, usually as part of something where people were doing other stuff as well, so I'm a bit nervous," Schwartz told Playbill On Line, April 25. It played at Virginia Stage Company through Nov. His most recent stage project was Snapshots, conceived by Michael Scheman and David Stern, with a book by Stern. Schwartz also wrote lyrics for the animated Disney films The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pocahontas the latter won him an Oscar. The recording goes on sale in stores June 15 but will be available at the concert or through Midder Music at (212) 665-0699 / e-mail: The occasion is the release of the songwriter's first solo CD, Reluctant Pilgrim, on Midder Music Records. For tickets to the Rainbow event ($20 cover, $15 minimum) and information call (212) 632-5000. He'll also bring the show to the Tilles Center on Long Island, N.Y., May 16. I know this is vague advice, but there isn’t a clear career track to becoming a songwriter like there is for becoming a lawyer or a stockbroker.Stephen Schwartz, composer of Godspell and Pippin fame, performed several of his old and new songs in a cabaret gig at NY's Rainbow & Stars, April 27.
3) Begin trying to meet people who are in the business through workshops, parties, networking, etc. 2) Get yourself somewhere where people are in the business you want to be in–if it’s theatre, New York or maybe Chicago if it’s film or TV, Los Angeles if it’s the music business, Los Angeles or Nashville. Have work that you can show–a demo tape or CD, a sheaf of lyrics, a draft of a show–something. The lessons contained within this story are: 1) Write. Eventually, I met people who were interested and could help me. Once I had graduated and was pursuing writing for the theatre as a profession, I went to New York and began trying to get people to hear my work (specifically, I had written the show PIPPIN while I was in college and was showing that around). In my case, I had always wanted to be a composer I began being my own lyricist in college, because I couldn’t find people to write lyrics for my songs whose work I felt strongly enough about. Stephen Schwartz: I think everyone gets started slightly differently, but in the end, all the stories are essentially the same.
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