Everything's Waiting

Regina Spektor is one of my favorite singer-songwriters of all time. Her music varies wildly in tone from the cute and bubbly to the dark and epic, and she is known for her love of playing with sounds and instrumentation. Her subject matter is unusual in that it does not often seem to be obviously autobiographical, instead telling stories that are often quirky or moving or both. I find that her music is something I move through slowly and digest, often finding a song I passed over one day ends up on repeat the next. I often turn to her music for writing -- her ability to capture a mood in music is something I only wish I could do with words (consider Braille). However, one unfortunate thing about her volume of material is a lot of really lovely songs of hers haven't be released on an album -- or worse, never recorded in studio at all.

So here's my current top 5 list of my favorite Regina Spektor songs I've come across that, AFAIK, you can't buy anywhere.

( Regina was here )

In other news, there's a community theater near me putting on Rent. And they have auditions... on Monday. And I'm tempted to do it. Except Monday is really close and I'm nervous because I'm inexperienced. I need 36-48 bars of a song "in the style of Rent". The current thought is Nobody's Side from Chess. If anyone wants to provide any suggestions, particularly songs I might already know, and even better have sheet music, you know, let me know.

Yep.

( 1. John Gallagher, Jr. -- singer/songwriter and Tony award-winning Broadway actor. )

( 2. Matt Doyle -- singer/actor )

( 3. Regina Spektor -- singer/songwriter )

( 4. Michael Arden -- singer/actor )

( 5. Krysta Rodriguez -- singer/actress/dancer )