YAY! This is Jolly Good!

Personally, I like Musical Theatre just fine, and this piece is no exception.
I think your voice works well for this piece, and the audio quality is peachy. I could really use the tips on recording technique, so I have to ask how you recorded such a good vocal track?

aw thanks...

I've managed to collect some halfway decent audio gear over the years. I use an inexpensive Rode NT-1 microphone but I drive it with a nice Focusrite preamp; I also recently got a Blue mesh screen so I can really get up close without P-popping. For this particular demo I was accompanying myself on digital piano, so there are a couple of places I messed up and had to punch in, which is a bit odd when working with recording MIDI and audio simultaneously. I don't have my good mic stand here at the moment, so I had it off to the side like Fats Domino.

There are better ways to work, but I was in one of those "just get it done" moods.

Hah, very fun song. XD
Very nice job. But on the contrary, I think your voice fits well in the song.

I'd like to hear the guy from Crash Test Dummies sing it.

I admit, that'd be interesting. :P

LOL! omg, that guys voice is epic like no other I've ever heard. "God shuffled his feet, and glanced around."

This would sound bad ass with a full orchestral backing, but the piano brings out the darkness behind not only the lyrics, but the tone of voice in singing.

Very nice.

I have to read that book one of these days.

Very nice song. Are you going to do a full musical version of Animal Farm?

Not so much, not because I don't think it would be a good idea, but I think that relative unknowns like my writing partner and myself would suffer a nightmare of legal ramifications which might choke the project in infancy.

Right now the idea is that the present-day inhabitants of Animal Farm are coming to terms with their world-famous, storied history in order to create a theater piece (yes, it's theater about theater, shoot me now, please). There are five animals trying their best to recreate their ancestors, and a human pianist who has been begrudgingly hired to help out. You wouldn't know it from the songs I've posted so far, but the show is actually meant to be a comedy.

And yes, read the book; the politics have become a bit dated, but the satire is spot-on.

Here's what you do...find four of five singers willing to help you and arrange a performance at a furry con.

It would be a hit.

Don't imagine that the thought hasn't crossed my mind...

Seriously, it would be impossible at this point to oversell the project anyway. We need all the performances, all the publicity, all the word of mouth that we can possibly muster. For me it makes sense to give away rough demos on the internet; not only does it familiarize people with the songs (not a bad thing when you're trying to get people to attend a musical) but then they get to see how the material morphed and evolved over time.

Still, caution is advised. The thing I don't want to oversell to the furry fandom is the anthropomorphic aspect. Yes, we do have animal characters. But because they have to act out a rather broad range of emotion and dexterous tasks over a 60-minute period, the costuming will necessarily have to be spare and utilitarian. We can't obscure our actors' faces under fursuit heads nor lumber their hands with floofy paws or hard hooves. For the most part, they simply have to act their respective species.

My touchstone for this project is the guy who played Horton in the tour of Seussical. He was a regular-looking, middle-aged chunky guy who wore a gray sweatshirt and occasionally swung his arm around in front of him like a trunk. But he was the best elephant you could possibly hope for. He completely stole the show and won everyone over with his heart, simplicity, and pathos.

BTW, are you doing a version of "Animal Farm, Animal Farm, Never through me shall thou come to harm"?

It's a possibility, though it's one of those minor points that takes time to explain and doesn't really further the plot. I'm learning the hard way about the many, many nice little touches in the book which we'll never be able to reference for lack of time.