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Flying Tadpole

About Me

Flying Tadpole plays blues, pop satire, light rock, and original musicals. The recent musicals project has been Cassandra! The Global Warming Musical which has made it to script, part-scored and worktapes....
The Flying Tadpole provides some balance for the neo-classical/new agey/easy-listening instrumentalist tendencies of the Tadpole alter ego, Tim Fatchen . Perhaps...
The current performers up here are the sweet-voiced Jenee Hughes accompanied by the inestimable James Mitchell, the warm mezzo of Cathy Haight, and, inevitably, Tim Fatchen, in sane and not-so-sane variants.
Current videos: The smartassCairo Marriott Crow does his thing
And in Salzburg, in winter, the hills do come alive with the SOund of Music. "Flee! Flee!" cries my friend Ed. After all, Mozart did...
And 12-bar blues on speed, at the piano, fumbles come free. An oldie but a goodie with a salute to Dave Brubeck in the second bridge....
Flying Tadpole started as a boat and became a frame of mind, so, if its the boat you're actually after, here is a cute place to start.

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Member Since: 05/01/2007
Band Website: www.flyingtadpole.com
Band Members: Tim Fatchen
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Siren Song (Seahag’s Song)

This pensive but mischievous song is the opener for Act 2 of the still-unstaged "The Internet Opera" (internetopera.netfirms.com).  The young Seahag doesn't yet know what her fate is going to be,...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Clean audio version Blues for Laurel posted

This is what it is supposed to sound like when not being fumbled in front of a camera!
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:16:00 GMT

Cassandra--the global warming musical!

CASSANDRA The global warming musical for OUR TIME!The musical is complete to draft and worktape stage, where it's likely to stay for the time being. Here is the synopsis and track list.  This ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Blues for Laurel, fast, live,on video

Vid of Blues for Laurel (acoustic piano) which has been on and off this site is up on www.youtube.com/flyingtadpole and patched onto myspace.This blues piece was originally worked out about 1970.After...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:35:00 GMT

Blues for Laurel, fast, live,on video

Vid of Blues for Laurel (acoustic piano) which has been on and off this site is up on www.youtube.com/flyingtadpole and patched onto myspace.This blues piece was originally worked out about 1970.After...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:35:00 GMT

Cassandra: Musical/Cabaret

Cassandra I've launched into Cassandra, a chamber musical or short cabaret, attempting to get the basic 15 tracks written...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:38:00 GMT