In preparation for "Songs of the Wanderers," the Cloud Gate dancers studied meditation for more than three years, then applied it in the creation of the hauntingly slow, controlled movements of the work.
We used Avisoft SASLab pro v.4.31 software [12], Goldwave v.5.11 [13] and Seewave [14] for the preparation of songs played back and for subsequent analyses.
The same kind of calming preparation will precede "Songs of the Wanderers" when it opens the first of its four performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday as part of the Next Wave festival.
This involved many changes of style during an evening, but her careful preparation of each song allowed her to make these changes without apparent effort.
When the band vamped away in preparation for the song I'll Make a Man of You and the actress, Avis Bunnage, walked on in a glittering black gown to eye the audience evilly, it turned daring.
Bono and the boys, famously meticulous in their song preparation, had still been sending Romanek new musical material after the shoot.
Being that the original records are the first touchpoint in band preparation for any song, how do they commence creating charts and rehearsing when there is no original record to reference -- for songs like "The Bear , "This All Too Mobile Home," or the afore-mentioned "The Second Arrangement"?
And on a slope overlooking the village, a clutch of teenage boys jogged up a grassy path, swinging sticks and chanting songs, in preparation for their circumcision ceremony — a traditional rite of passage that Mr. Mandela underwent near 80 years ago.
In May 2011, Beyoncé submitted seventy-two songs in preparation for the album's release.
His love of music and "rare and delightful" voice were complemented by an ability to perform songs without preparation, and he was reportedly also skilled with the lute.
