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Making Musicals with Holly Yurth Richards

Making Musicals with Holly Yurth Richards

By: Holly Yurth Richards
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Hello and welcome to Making Musicals with me - your host - Holly Yurth Richards. I am an award-winning playwright, composer, lyricist and librettist who is passionate about crafting new stories for the musical theatre stage. I created this podcast as a way to share my story about how I got started in this fascinating field of work and to offer insight and guidance to other writers about my process, about other writers’ processes, and on the available resources out there - which are surprisingly plentiful, when you know where to look for them. Come make musicals with me!

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Episodes
  • Episode 09 - Advice for the Journey (Part 1)

    Episode 09 - Advice for the Journey (Part 1)
    Jul 23 2023

    Holly's back! In this episode, Holly shares 6 points of advice for staying sane in the journey of writing musical theatre.

    1) Let go of the fact that there is no set path to success
    2) Listen to others' work and applaud them; keep abreast of what's happening
    3) Work on your mindset - there is room for everyone to be successful
    4) Make your bed and work in a different space
    5) Celebrate your wins, no matter how small
    6) Go about your path in your own way; embrace your unique journey

    As always, Holly can be reached through her website: https://www.hyrichards.com/

    Happy writing, everyone!
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    31 mins
  • Episode 08 - Killing Your Darlings

    Episode 08 - Killing Your Darlings
    Jun 17 2022

    Oh, no! You can't mean it! Not my favorite song! Noooooooooo.....

    Yes. She does mean it. Sometimes we have to be willing to "kill our darlings" in order to make our show the best it can be. Join Holly as she discusses just a few of the reasons why we must, at times, make the ultimate sacrifice for the benefit of our art.
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    19 mins
  • Episode 07 - Tips for Writing Strong Melodies

    Episode 07 - Tips for Writing Strong Melodies
    Jan 7 2022

    What makes a strong melody? What is it about certain songs that people simply cannot resist singing along ("Sweet Caroline...Ba Ba BA")? 

    In this episode, we take a look at things like melodic patterns, melodic leaps, melodic range, and more.
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    25 mins
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