What have you Been Up To?
Posted by jaybeacham on 02 Nov 2015 at 09:11 pm | Tagged as: blog
A friend on the SingSnap Karaoke site commented on one of my recordings, wondering what I’d been doing.
He’d been writing and recording all summer.
Hear his “What have they done?” Musical
See Act 3 at: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/ad93eaa79
He lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee.
I wrote back:
Thanks Randy for the inspiring comment.
Besides the English songs on SingSnap, I’ve recorded about 80 songs in German
(my foreign tongue) and I’ve tried Hawaiian, Spanish, Italian, Japanese,
Yiddish and Hebrew(much like German), Gulah and Cajun, and even the tough
one for me-French. http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/member/jaybeacham
A number of years ago, I wrote a song called “Go To The Light”.
This summer a great local music teacher, Jacob Nielsen made a new and
better arrangement of it. As soon as I can get a recording of the music,
I’ll record it here on SingSnap and send it to you to get your opinion about it.
Besides work which sometimes is hectic but the last 2 months has been almost none existent but has started up again, I’ve done a few things that I’ll send you links to if you don’t mind.
Finally some voice work in June narrating for two fine new products to the market place (actually improvements to old ideas).
Make it Easy Toothpaste Dispenser
https://www.gofundme.com/z2u43w
Gozunder Toilet Seat Riser
https://wellsfargoworks.com/project?x=us-en_viewentriesandvote_16182_21
And a few flicks and commercials I’ve had a part in:
My Lincoln’s Ghost collection and book:
http://jaybeacham.com/2015/06/12/the-lincolns-ghost-collection/
Two independent films I had parts in as Jacob Hamblin and Temple Elder:
http://jaybeacham.com/2015/05/18/which-movies-were-you-in/
Other videos done over several years at: https://www.youtube.com/user/leobennachoben1/videos
And made by my son James I’m in the Lincoln’s Ghost ones, You’ve been Warned, It’s a Terrible Life, Night Before Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Titandusk/videos
And a few non-speaking seconds in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdlcqo9zVE
And
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_jWCoQGbfI
Other videos I’ve made are at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/leobennachoben1/videos?view_as=public
Sounds like a lot but not really.
Hope it won’t bore you to view some of them.
Jay
Aletha
Aletha said today:
Hi Jay. Thanks for sending the link. I looked through it and I think the only things I hadn’t seen so far were the ones about the toothpaste dispenser and the toilet seat riser. I’ve watched your videos about Lincoln’s Ghost as well as the movie clips you were in. And of course, I’ve seen what you have on facebook (on your Jay Beacham Services profile) as well as on youtube. You do a little bit of just about everything, don’t you? I’m sure you do it all very well too, if what I’ve seen thus far is any indication.
Aletha
Randy Benjamin said:
Hi Jay… I’ve been watching the movie clips and adds… you have always amazed me… your speaking voice is fantastic… your voice/overs are awesome… and seeing you in the movie parts…. Wow! That had to be a ‘thrill’ for you…
It’s an amazing collection and quite a resume… I’ve always wondered how you manage to get those parts… Do you have an agent? There’s a lot of filming being done here in Nashville… Of course, the TV show is produced here… but there are a lot movies that use Nashville’s facilities too…
I know there’s a place here that uses people for walk on parts… I think they pay something like $75 a day for three or four hours… it would be fun to do… don’t think I have the time or patience now though… still, you never know who you might meet…
I’ll be promoting my musical for the next four months and not doing any serious writing though I will put on some Christmas songs… The album is really aimed at the Easter season… I’ve sold several albums today… I just put it on SingSnap about 11 last night. I wrote it as a church fundraiser…. that’s my major market…
Selling to individuals is secondary… I totally redesigned my website so I could sell from it… It’s pretty neat… I take Paypal and all credit cards… I can also sell ‘digital downloads’ directly from the site with no human intervention.. that’s really nice… check it out when you get a chance…
http://www.randybenjamin.com
It’s great to make contact with you again… Take care, I’m going to get off of here for a while… I’m tired…. Randy