["Two Player Game" from Be More Chill]
--Yo Broadway.com!
George Salazar here, and welcome back to another really
exciting edition of
Pac-Man Tattoo!
--Today's
episode is super exciting
because we're at Reservoir Studios and we are starting to record the Be More
Chill original Broadway cast recording.
I'm so pumped, so excited. Today's gonna
be a super chill no pun intended day of recording. The only people called are
myself, Jason Sweetooth Williams, and Will Roland.
And I think the plan is to do Pants Song Two-Player Game and Loser, Geek
Whatever. We had a matinee today. It's Sunday. So, we're gonna take it a little
easy tonight, and then there'll be a couple more days of recording beyond
tonight. And I'm excited to document the cast
album with you on this amazing vlog. So, let's go meet everybody
shall we?
--We are making a Broadway cast recording of a Joe Iconis musical
--Yeah, I can't believe it. --Makes my heart
really happy. --Yeah
I never thought this day would come.
--And now what we're just planning on taking Michael in the Bathroom from the
original recording and then just...
speeding it up a little bit, putting it on this
one. --Yeah, yeah. I mean people liked
it so much the first time, so like why would
you want to screw with something? That feels chintzy and we're not chintzy
at Be More Chill enterprises. --Now
there now there is gonna be a overdubbing of a slide whistle correct?
--Yeah. There's gonna be the character of Rich, all of his
material is actually just going to be performed by slide whistle.
--That's amazing. --Yeah, we just feel like we're
very sort of beyond lyrics with that
character at this point and so we just want slide whistle.
--Yeah, pants song!
Look at
that guy.
Baby's first original Broadway cast recording.
--Here we are. We did the
pants song forever in posterity. No one I'd rather sing it with than you man.
--I love you! --I love you too
--That was a lot of fun.
--Perfect. --I can't wait for the album to
come out in 2043.
--Yeah. I'll be 45 when it comes out.
--He's so
young! That was a blast. Great job, dude. -- Thank you.
--Hey Will Roland. You pumped, baby?
Hello. So, last we left off, it was Sunday, Sunday night after the show. We were
recording a Two-Player Game, The Pants Song, and Loser Geek Whatever. And Today
is day three. Day two, I was not called for. The band laid down a lot of stuff. In
fact, I think they laid down everything because I don't see them. And today, we're
going to the entire cast is here and we're gonna sing through a bunch of
stuff.
--Tiffany, just so you know,
it's going to be two times, that vamp, then .
right in --Okay.
--Yeah.
--I sure can.
--Britton, what's the best part of this recording process?
--Free muffins. [laughs]
--Who told you to eat that, Britton?
--Lauren Marcus. --I did.
--And my dietary coach,
Will Roland.
--There's muffins?
--There are a lot of muffins. They're good muffins, from a good brand called
My Mother Did.
--[sings] Michael makes an
entrance!
--Oooh.
Oooh.
--The members of the press are here, taking pictures.
The cast of Be More Chill.
--Well, we finished the cast album!
We recorded over three days. I was only
there for two, but we recorded over three days.
Today was full of ensemble singing, getting dialogue in. I didn't want to
capture too much behind the scenes in the middle of the recording session
itself because obviously I want you all to be surprised. But I would have to say
of the entire day, my favorite thing that we did was recording the dialogue for
the play, for the Midsummer sequence, because
because we did it without any underscore. We were just saying the lines, so it was
just like silence and and everyone being squipped, and
Jeremy and Michael screaming and being scared, and the squip yelling at Jeremy.
But there was like no underscore, so it was quite interesting and very enjoyable
to hear everyone make all their weird vocal choices.
You guys, I'm so... I'm so
excited for all of you to hear this album. You know, there's always a worry
and I say always as if I've been a part of a show that has had two cast
recordings, but there is this concern— there was this concern that like you
know we've got this...We had this original cast album from the Two River production
that became kind of really beloved, went viral, and you know is doing another
album gonna feel kind of repetitive and extra? But, you know, for those of you who
have know and love that original album and who have come to see us on Broadway
or even off-Broadway, you know better than anybody that that the show has
changed immensely. New songs, edits, lyric changes. And so by the end of the
day yesterday, and especially with Michael in the Bathroom, because the
this recording to Michael in the Bathroom will now be the third recording of Michael in
the Bathroom. There's the Two River cast album, there's me and Joe's album
Two-Player Game, which is a an acoustic piano vocal arrangement and then there's
going to be this new Broadway cast album with Michael in the Bathroom. You know,
there's this fear of like, Oh God! How do we live up to it? It's up to
that original cast album, and I think we did it. I really do. I think of all the
times that I personally have been in a recording booth
singing Michael in the Bathroom. I think this this newest recording is going to
be really special. It felt really special doing it. It felt
very different doing it. And I'm excited, so I'm stoked for you all to get to know
and love this Broadway cast recording. I'm excited for it to come out. I already
want to hear bits, and we just recorded it. So stay tight— not stay tight. Let me
re-do that.
Hang tight! Be patient. Keep your eyes and
ears peeled because our our album will drop soon, and when it does. I hope that
all of you love and appreciate and enjoy it
for all of its weird radio play weirdness.
Yeah. So, anyway, I'm dressed. We
recorded from 9:30 until just about two hours ago, so it's time to do the show.
It's been another long day, but not as long as the last one. Thank you guys so
much for following along. As always catch Pacman Tattoo next week right here on
Broadway.com. Thank you so much you guys! And be well. Have an amazing week.
Bye!
["Two Player Game" from Be More Chill]