Demos from Speakeasy, a radical new musical by Waymon Hudson.

Set in a 1920s queer speakeasy, Speakeasy reimagines Romeo & Juliet with jazz, joy, and rebellion. These working demos showcase songs in development, with lyrics and melodies by Waymon Hudson.

🎶 These are early drafts using AI-assisted music demos due to resourcing limitations — full orchestration and live recordings in progress.

Book, Lyrics & Music: Waymon Hudson
Learn more: www.waymonhudson.com/musical

Speakeasy: A New Musical – Demo Tracks

Jules’s “I Want” song. A sly, simmering solo of desire, doubt, and first sparks of rebellion.

🎶 “I want a sip… I want the thirst.”

Book, Lyrics & Melody: Waymon Hudson
Demo Production: AI-assisted work tape
From Speakeasy: A New Musical – www.waymonhudson.com/musical

Something’s Brewing (Demo) – Jules

Act I opening number. The Velvet Boot throws open its doors in a smoky, swagger-filled explosion of jazz and joy.

🎶 A coded knock. A secret world. Where saints and sinners toast the same.

Book, Lyrics & Melody: Waymon Hudson
Demo Production: AI-assisted work tape
From Speakeasy: A New Musical – www.waymonhudson.com/musical

Speakeasy - Come to the Speakeasy (Demo) – Ensemble

Marco lays down the rules of legacy in this fierce, jazz-funk anthem of masculinity, control, and generational pressure. Merc pushes back to defend Rome, the man he secretly loves.

🎶 “Soft boys bruise where knives won’t miss…”

Book, Lyrics & Melody: Waymon Hudson
Demo Production: AI-assisted work tape
From Speakeasy: A New Musical – www.waymonhudson.com/musical

Family Business (Demo) – Marco, Merc, & Ensemble

A tender rooftop confession. The poetic Rome sees Jules for who she truly is — not silent, not saved, but radiant.

🎶 “You’re the girl in the margins — The line left unread.”

Book, Lyrics & Melody: Waymon Hudson
Demo Production: AI-assisted work tape
From Speakeasy: A New Musical – www.waymonhudson.com/musical

Girl in the Margins (Demo) – Rome

The Act II showstopper. Jules claims her joy, her truth, and her fire in this belt anthem of defiance and freedom.

🎶 “I choose this — the fire, the risk, the story told in hands and lips.”

Book, Lyrics & Melody: Waymon Hudson
Demo Production: AI-assisted work tape
From Speakeasy: A New Musical – www.waymonhudson.com/musical

I Choose This (Demo) – Jules

A dangerous slow-burn confession. Lust, sweat, and the kind of touch you never forget. You knew they’d ruin you — and you let them. This track drips with desire, tension, and surrender. Real, raw, and intimate AF.

Ruin Me Slowly

A stripped, one-take ballad written from the quiet wreckage of goodbye.
This isn’t a breakup song. It’s what you say after the love dies quiet.

For everyone who stayed too long, gave too much, and finally chose themselves.

© [2025] All rights reserved. Electronic copyright application pending.

Before I Go

Night Therapy (Main Mix) is a late-night pulse you can’t shake — the sound of neon lights, sweat-slick dance floors, and a little bit of trouble after dark. A hypnotic mix of pop hooks, shimmering synths, and bass you feel in your chest, it’s the perfect soundtrack for losing yourself under the strobes. Play loud, dance harder, repeat as needed.

Written & Performed by: Waymon Hudson

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Night Therapy (Main Mix)

Act I, mid-show number. Jules steps through the hidden door of the Velvet Boot — and into a world where queerness is power, not sin.

🎶 A brass-fueled, sweat-soaked celebration of joy, desire, and becoming.

She doesn’t just enter the club.
She enters herself.

Book, Lyrics & Melody: Waymon Hudson
From Speakeasy: A New Musical – www.waymonhudson.com/musical

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