Jaunty and fun, loved the "I responded first" line.

This is really great. I love the rhythms, instrumentation, and the clever lyricism. Reminds me of Frank Zappa's Plays in a way.

Awesome work, nicely dynamic, kind of musical style.

Excellent composing and very vampy:-) seriously this is playful and fun to listen too Again

I would love to see a live audiences reaction to this overall series. It is certainly a cross section of "real life". Each section has it's own unique story-line. In this case, it could be anyone wondering "if their ship has sailed?" :-) Really fun to listen to percussively driven musical story.

A "sign of the times" soliloquy that is great fun and really goes places, complemented beautifully by a dashing orchestra and clearly all in the hands of a deft composer!

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Forgive me

She came in late
Looking for love with a stranger
The kind of love you find in the night
Call it fate
‘cause I wasn’t looking for danger
Just happened to be right in her sight
when she passed and she lost a maroon scarf
Close to my feet
what seemed to be by chance but not quite
I could tell by the way she received it
Not even faking to be slightly surprised
That not so innocent laughter
Before a wink with no shame or regard
Paved the way to the moment after
The question that would get me off-guard

What kind of love
What kind of love
What kind of love are you up for tonight?
What kind of love
What kind of love
What kind of love are you up for tonight?


“What exactly does that question entail?
How many kinds of love you reckon there are?”
She answered: “there’s the kind that goes on forever,
And there’s the kind that doesn’t go very far
But it’s fine for a night
and your timing is right,
You’ll be that ice cream fix
for hearts badly broken”
She asked the question for a second time
Making clear there would be no second token

What kind of love
What kind of love
What kind of love are you up for tonight?
What kind of love
What kind of love
What kind of love are you up for tonight?


I  said “I’m in shock, am I not the man in this conversation?”
She fancied the accent and the playful sarcasm in my intonation
The mind has its mysterious ways of getting common desires telepathically transferred
We kissed and I guess at that point it’s fair to say that her question was probably answered

What kind of love
What kind of love
What kind of love are you up for tonight?
What kind of love
What kind of love
What kind of love are you up for tonight?
What kind of love
What kind of love
What kind of love are you up for tonight?
What kind of love
What kind of love

What Kind Of Love Are You Up For Tonight?

Kentucky Hayride - Combstead/ Robert Grigg

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Had a drum groove and a new cat in the house. Worked them both together with some new ideas and flows. Hmmm! Crazy Shit! Really great opportunity to experiment with a few things!

The Good Cat

Duration: ca. 20'
Music by Robert Paterson • Lyrics by David Cote

Instrumentation: baritone and chamber ensemble (wind doubler [flute, B-flat clarinet, oboe], violin, cello, percussion, piano)
Performed by American Modern Ensemble, Jorell Williams, Baritone

Purchase Sheet Music: (Version for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble): http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2778

Purchase Sheet Music: (Version for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble): http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2777

For more information:
Version for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-chamber-ensemble
Version for Baritone and Piano: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-piano

In Real Life I for soprano and chamber ensemble and soprano and piano also available. (In Real Life I consists of different songs than In Real Life II.)

PROGRAM NOTE
As a follow-up to our song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble (or piano), Robert and I  agreed the concept of five characters looking for love online should have a male counterpart. Written for baritone and chamber ensemble, In Real Life II looks at five contemporary men clicking their way to second chances and romance. In “No Frog” we meet a prototypical player, a guy who fluffs his profile, but the truth keeps slipping out. The tone shifts with “Sola Fide,” in which a U.S. veteran of the war in Afghanistan explains the tattoo on his chest and the wounds inside. An older gentleman envisions one last fling in the irreverent “Die with Me.” In “Still Vamping,” a gay man muses on his start-and-stop romantic history. Finally, in “Nice-Plus,” an everyday guy reveals a hidden passion. In Real Life II was commissioned by American Modern Ensemble with funding from the Doctorow Family Foundation.

American Modern Ensemble: In Real Life

In Real Life II - IV. Still Vamping

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American composer Robert Paterson is a true New Yorker—born and bred in Buffalo, he lived in Rochester and Ithaca for over ten years, in New York City for over twenty years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. Paterson’s colorful music embraces a wide variety of themes, everything from goddesses and online dating to mathematics and the environment. His music is filled with emotion and fierce rhythmic energy, marked by elegance, wit, and meticulous craftsmanship. Named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the winner of the Alfred I. DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won the Grammy® under Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music is often a Best of the Year pick on National Public Radio. His orchestral tone poem, Dark Mountains, regularly airs on NPR’s Performance Today. Three Way premiered with Nashville Opera, then BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and across the United States. Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Albany Symphony, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and ensembles worldwide perform his works. Paterson gives masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, New York University, the Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and more. He is the Artistic Director and house composer for Mostly Modern Projects. Robert is a lifelong vegan and advocates for animals and the environment, celebrating the natural world with ground-breaking works such as his Triple Concerto, A New Eaarth, Listen, and I Go Among Trees.

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