"How to Believe in Magic" by Scott Gendel, 7 songs for voice and piano on the poetry of Camille Inkwell.  Demo versions performed (both voice & piano) by the composer.

How to Believe in Magic

in love with love

Monteverdi - Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

This is not from my forthcoming album, just some things on my mind.
Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe.

Lyrics.
frustration and depression breaks me down
descending like they wanted underground
the further our journey the less you care
that's why you laugh at Kanye when he's talking in a chair
but the same conversation but replaced,
is good enough for laughs or a smile on your face,
happy to be singing all our songs to survive,
but when we need help, you don't get off til 5. 
it's powerful to feel so alone in a group

let me break this down for you and tell you how we feel again,
your fear is all you hold on to, so when you see me it's not fair
i have nothing left to give when you don't notice what is wrong,
Charleston left me broken down but it's just another day to you

i ain't got nothing left to give you
and i'm too tired, to even talk about it
while watching the fire,

tasting pain coming from a place of truth 

to be another in a messy world
to feel like giving in another turn?
you wouldn't listen if i told you

so how can i become anyone?

Written, arranged & produced by Devonté Hynes.

Devonté Hynes - Piano, Voice, Wurlitzer, Synths, Bass, Percussion, Drums.
Voicemail from Talwst (http://talwst.com)
Chris Egan - Drums from 6:13 onwards
Ava Raiin - Vocals
Samantha Urbani - Vocals

Do You See My Skin Through The Flames?

Live recording from Trinity Wall Street's Concerts at One series with NOVUS NY, Julian Wachner conducting

"Phrase" from Britten's Les Illuminations

Per the title, a rough/test version of the 10cc song. There's still a lot of fixes & improvements I'll do later, but I suppose it's good enough for now. I mean, it's just the internet. For God's sake.

The Things We Do For Love (draft)

From Scarlatti's "La Giuditta" 

New York Academy of Sacred Drama, February 2017

Voice Memos

Addio, cara liberta

Borealis for piano solo. Composed by Lawren Brianna Ware (2017)

Borealis

Excerpts from Scott Gendel's master's thesis "Requiem Humana," a secular requiem mass on text by Kurt Vonnegut.  Performed by soprano Sara Guttenberg, mezzo-soprano Melanie Kuolt, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Madrigal Singers, and a UW-Madison student string quartet & percussionist, directed by Bruce Gladstone.

Requiem Humana

Aleator Carne

Scott Gendel's cover of the classic 80s tune "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" by Glass Tiger: featuring lush piano, soulful Hammond organ, all kinds of keyboarding goodness, and a big mess of sweet vocal harmonies.

Cover Songs

Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)

It's a Kenny Rogers and the First Edition song.

Tell It All Brother

I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole (SAM SP!EGEL Mix)

Composer / Pianist / Vocal Coach / Tenor / Composition Teacher / Rock Musician / Musical Polymath

in love with love

Scott Gendel

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