Edric Haleen
Edric has been writing music (off and on) since the early nineties. He wrote and directed a musical, The Pushcart War, based on Jean Merrill’s wonderful novel. He has written and/or arranged a number of songs for various friends - some commissioned, some as surprises. He loves acting in community theatre, and is inspired by the music of Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, Adam Guettel, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. He has also competed in several Internet songwriting competitions, which have been a great deal of fun. (More about Edric...)
Here’s a video of me performing at my good friend Matt’s reception. This was my wedding gift to him. (Well -- this, and a set of towels . . .)
Here are my past “SpinTunes” and “Masters of Song Fu” songs.
(Each song had to be written within in the space of one week, based on the following criteria . . .)
(To help this page load faster, I didn’t add
playback controls for the rest of these songs.
Click the oval to play the song, see the lyrics,
download the .mp3, or request sheet music...)
A “happy song.”
A song that used exactly ten unique words.
A song titled “It All Makes Sense At The End.”
A song from the point of view of an inanimate object.
A march.
A standard-form song that ran exactly one minute.
Here’s a song I wrote for my mother,
to help celebrate her 64th birthday . . .
(Song Fu #2)
(Song Fu #4)
(Song Fu #3)
A song about a “Mole-Man” (á la John Hodgman).
And a song I wrote for an old college roommate --
who hated the country music his girlfriend loved . . .
Me and Mike Lombardo chatting about music
and songwriting on “Too Much Awesome.”
A cover of a song written by Inverse T. Clown --
the friend of a friend that I met over at TMA . . .
A song about a number.
My “Silver Song” Is Done!
Yessiree -- SpinTunes is back! For the first round, we had to write a song about a “childhood nightmare.” So I did -- and this is now the 25th song I’ve written to meet a challenge such as this! (Click the oval to the left for more details . . .)
A holiday song not explicitly about the holidays.
• Sunsets • Friends • Hershey's Kisses (and Hugs) • Sleep • Huge bear hugs
• When you get to play in the mud • Fridays!! • A warm smile and a soft laugh
• Warm autumn days and hot chocolate with someone you care about • Smiles
• Songs which bring up past memories • Smooches • Leaf fight!!! • Déjà vu
• Staying up all night to finish my homework so I don't have to do it Saturday
• A sky with millions of stars • Daydreaming • Miniature Golf • Rainbows
• Deep dreaming • Unwarranted gratitude • Caffeine • Déjà vu • Jumping
• Falling asleep in a sunbeam • The smell after it rains • Free pizza • Violins
• True Love • An unexpected surprise • Ice cream • Hugs • Indian Summer
• Music • Winter nights full of stars when you can see your breath rise • Candy
(Song Fu #5)
A quick video of me singing a song I wrote for
“The Dog” in a local children’s show . . .
A song that doesn’t rhyme.
(Song Fu #6)
A song about (or involving) rain.
A song that contains a recipe for something.
(SpinTunes #1)
A song from the perspective of a superhero (or villain).
A song with different meters for the verses/choruses.
A sad song about a birth (a normally happy moment).
An online friend challenged me to write a song from the point of view of a character from Greek mythology . . .
A “Songwriting Cycle” that I started amongst
a group of some of my online musician friends.
A “song about the moon.”
A “song about your hometown.”
(SpinTunes #2)
A song about an unknown historical figure.
A sequel to a Billboard Top 20 single.
The second iteration of the grand songwriting
experiment that is the “Songwriting Cycle”!
An online friend challenged me to write a song about an internal organ below the neck that wasn’t the heart . . .
A happy song about death.
A topical song (inspired by a recent headline).
A rap song. (About a work romance.)
(SpinTunes #3)
A song about a “childhood nightmare.”
(SpinTunes #4)
