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Being Your Slave - William Shakespeare: Sonnet 57 (Lyric Video)
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Being Your Slave - William Shakespeare: Sonnet 57 (Lyric Video)

Music and Production by Ahmond Lyrics by William Shakespeare Photos by Ashley Garrett Film stills from Bedlam: The Series (Derek Aspenberg, DP) The new single "Being Your Slave" will be available for download during the special waived fee Friday November 5th at https://ahmond.bandcamp.com. Follow Ahmond on Bandcamp here: https://ahmond.bandcamp.com/follow_me Watch Bedlam: The Series at https://theatrebedlam.vhx.tv/ For more information visit https://www.ahmond.com/. In 2020, Ahmond was approached to score and write songs for a television series called Bedlam, based on the works of William Shakespeare. Being Your Slave is William Shakespeare's Sonnet 57 reimagined as a post-punk rock song by Ahmond who performs in-character as a misanthropic lead singer of an '80s band in a Shakespearean universe. This song is also sung by the character Slender at an open mic in episode 3 of the series. BEDLAM: THE SERIES twists Shakespearean characters and plots we know and love - King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice - into a new story of love, deceit, betrayal, and revenge. More The Sopranos than doublet and hose, in BEDLAM you'll find family drama, organized crime, and romantic comedy stewed together and told in Shakespeare's own delicious words. This mini-season enters you into this fractious, delightful world where everything may not be exactly as it seems - but it is BEDLAM. Small-time crime boss Linda “King” Lear is sick. Her attempt to retire early is a debacle that devolves into a bloody family fight for control of Windsor City. Suddenly forced to retire, Lear splits up the business among her three children, expecting them to take turns caring for her during chemo. But her two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, are out for themselves. Lear disowns her youngest, favorite kid, Cordelia, who runs off with a dashing rival crime lord named France. Meanwhile, Lear’s top lieutenants are both having family troubles of their own. Frank Ford is sure his wife Alice is stepping out on him with an off-brand Keith Richards, Lear’s drinking buddy Falstaff. George Page’s daughter Anne is sneaking around with a scumbag called Oswald, and his bastard son Edmund is trying to screw his legitimate brother Edgar out of his inheritance. The rest is BEDLAM.
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Duet Piano (Bardo Dance Film 432 Hz) - Ahmond
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Duet Piano (Bardo Dance Film 432 Hz) - Ahmond

Whether you celebrate Halloween, Samhain, the Day of the Dead, or nothing at all, we all must find a time to lift the veil and honor those who have passed. Bardo is a staged dance piece choreographed and performed by artist Lyra Butler-Denman. The original score was arranged and produced by Ahmond. #moderndance #tibetanbuddhism #bardo #griefsupport #samhain #musicscene #432hz Bardo arrives at its title via the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In that tradition, bardo is a transition and is commonly used to describe the intermediate state between death and rebirth. This work incorporates 'bardo' as a guiding principle, paying deep respect and gratitude to the culture from which it originates. This work would not exist without it. Bardo's narrative explores grief related to death and offers a ritual for gaining new insights into this experience. This score invites the listener to discover themselves in the ritual, and to create a personal ritual for their own transitions as they move forward in life...and in death. Early in the project, a decision was made to tune all arrangements to 432 Hz, in contrast to the current standard of 440 Hz. This choice aligns with the frequency used by Tibetan monks for their singing bowls. Each musical piece on the soundtrack is followed by a singing bowl ritual playing the notes of the seven chakras to herald the opening of a new awareness and understanding. CREDITS: Performer/Creator Lyra Butler-Denman Filmmaker Sophia Wright Emigh Original score by Ahmond For more info about Lyra visit: www.lyrabd.com For more information about Ahmond visit: https://bit.ly/AhmondOfficial To support this music visit: https://ahmond.bandcamp.com/album/bardo-original-dance-score Ahmond.com: http://bit.ly/ahmondstore Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2MumWWV Facebook: http://bit.ly/2zatrJZ Instagram: https://bit.ly/InstaAhmond
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