Epic: The Musical

 I like musicals. There, I said it. Whether it's The Greatest Showman or Oklahoma!, if a musical is playing I will pay attention. Sometime last year, while I was brainlessly scrolling on YouTube, I came across a singer doing a cover of this song called "Hold Them Down". It was a incredible villain’s song and I was building my " Villain" playlist at the time. Of course, I looked into it and found the world's sweetest fandom. Note: Epic fans are the sweetest, most encouraging bunch out there to each as we all therapy thanks to Jay. The Epic Fandom is so wholesome.

Jorge "Jay" Rivera-Herrans is the composer and sings the lead role of Odysseus. Epic is based of the ancient Greek epic poem, Odyssey written by Homer. The music is an addictive blend of genres and incredible storytelling. Each song is ,quite honestly, epic. The Vocals are very much #vocalgoals. I want my voice to do the things they do. 

Jay and the other vocalists are so endearing. The content they produce is just *chef's kiss". I never saw a group of people have this much fun doing the things they do. And I honestly hope they find a way to include some of the inprov that both the vocalists and the fandom made. I will put some videos below so can see what I mean.

This here is a fan made trailer. Look at the Quality!

This is an example of the improv Jay and Vocalist Troy did.

And the Animatics! They made the music come to life even more. Note: the Female vocalist here is Jay's Girlfriend. They met while making this musical and they are the absolute cutest couple ever!

So, there you have it. Epic: The Musical is an incredible adventure I hope you enjoy. I have actually been really tame with this musical. I remember how gungho I was over Hamilton, so much so that my siblings have an almost PTSD reaction whenever they here the music. I didn't want to traumatized them again so I kept it to myself. Thankfully, a cousin of mine is a fan as well. We were able to do our little fan squee together.

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