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We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! One day, not so long ago, I was simply walking across my living room, when a thought hit me and stuck in my head that there was a wealthy elderly man sitting in his den playing a video board game that he had invented. The board game was somewhat magical and most complex. I stopped in my tracks and thought deeper. I realized that he was a God like figure and the board game was us, here on Planet Earth. We were the result of his invention. That was about it. I smiled and moved on across the room.  But the notion stuck with me. I laughed at the thought and wrote it down on a slip of paper: Living In My Video Game. Perhaps several years later, here is the result of that pause in life. Theater of the Imagination is presented by Watchfire Music https://watchfiremusic.com/

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! I discovered a song I had written 4 or five decades ago. It was a response to a very bad habit that I had fallen into in life. The song was written and performed in my living room studio and was a one take … this means that I sang and played it one time in the recording process. It was an imperfect performance, but, for me, it was a powerful reaction to a profound turning point in my life. It touched me very deeply to hear the depth of emotion contained in this one take. I loved the song and decided to re-record it. As it was , in several tries I could not match the depth of the song sung by the much younger me. So I used the original Guitar/Vocal mixed track and added an orchestration to it in my studio – a duet performed by the two Mes – young and old. Theater of the Imagination is presented by Watchfire Music:  https://watchfiremusic.com/

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! The real Captain Commander, Mover, Shaker of Watchfire Music is Julia Wade. Not only does she take care of the day to day grind of running the company, but she is also the #1 best selling artist in the company among over 300 various artists. Here is a rundown of all of the shoes she fills plus a best of Top 10 List and playback of examples of her ability to perform across many genres and styles ranging from Inspirational to classical to classical crossover to comedy. Theater of the Imagination is presented by Watchfire Music watchfiremusic.com Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel as well:  https://www.youtube.com/@WatchfireMusic

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! So much of life I take for granted I wake each day to face the same routine The colors often run In shades of monotone and grey And the days melt together In a frivolous cliché But occasionally, now and then Once or twice when the moon is blue I’ll be walking across a room And a thought will come From out of nowhere So stunning As to make me Stop in my tracks To consider the infinite The mysteries of life Theater of the Imagination is brought to you by Watchfire Music 

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! A psychedelic experience with a tree and a perplexing new song title dreamed up by Jenny Burton, recording artist of over three and a half decades, got me to become a dedicated advocate for the preservation of forests and the trees of Planet Earth. It didn’t hurt one bit that this previous year wife, Julia, and I planted 26 new trees in our home soil. A new song, sung by both Jenny and me and a fabulous video treatment by brilliant WFM Graphics designer, Skye Malone rounds out Episode #40 with a wondrous offering that we’re all very proud of. Wanna take part in saving the Forests of Planet Earth? Start with listening and then watching Trees Are Falling, Watch HERE  Theater of the Imagination is Brough to you by Watchfire Music watchfiremusic.com

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! This episode is entitled You And I Not all love stories have happy endings. Sometimes, no matter how hard both parties try, it was just not meant to be. This is an uncharacteristically short (just 15 minutes) podcast whose purpose is to introduce a new song written and performed by Peter Link. It's a love song with an unexpected ending. It's one of those sad but true moments that can sneak up on you in life and leave its indelible mark on one’s life.  On a whole different level it is the celebrative product of a major overhaul of Link Recording studios – the first song to come from Link’s new and greatly improved mixing console. All in all, it’s a fascinating listen! Theater of the Imagination is presented by Watchfire Music watchfiremusic.com 

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! This episode is entitled Troubles Be Gone – How to get through it… I had had a rough day. The things that were supposed to happen, didn’t happen. The things that never were supposed to happen, happened. It happens to all of us.  Yeah, life on planet Earth can be a roller coaster ride. I thought to myself, “Well, what do we do now“? How do we turn defeat into victory? Today, I’m going to introduce you to a surefire starter kit. It’s not a permanent solution, but it is, for most of us humans, a wondrous temporary solution. It requires little effort and is definitely fun and satisfying. Recently I applied my solution and, as usual, it worked like a dream. It worked so well, that I decided to write a song about it.  Join me as I demonstrate that solution right before your very eyes!

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! Recently, in August of 2024, we released a Watchfire Music Theater Of The Imagination video entitled Brent Nicholson Earl, A Most Extraordinary Man. It is an amazing story of determination and triumph, and it memorializes the 1986 fundraising Close Upon The Hour Concert in New York City that helped finance Brent Nicholson Earle, and The American Run For The End Of Aids, his historic run around the circumference of the United States, bringing National attention to the plight and potential solutions of the AIDS epidemic.   In the video, I tell the story of this lifelong friend who spent his life championing Gay rights. The story, which was the main feature in a decade ending People Magazine Special, is a doozy. In remembering back, there are so many angles to the telling of the story, that I found it impossible in the video to tell the complete story.   Consequently, in October of 2024 I interviewed Brent Nicholson Earl and asked him to look back once again at this time in his life nd recall some of the amazing insights and special moments of his historic run.a This podcast, an addendum to the video, does just that.  Watch the video! Brought to you by Watchfire Music watchfiremusic.com 

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! The phone rang. I picked it up and the lady on the other end said, “Hi, I am the director of the Creative Arts program at Camp Newfound Owatonna. I’m looking for a teacher to put together a music class for this summer's creative arts program at camp. I’m wondering if you might know someone who might be interested.” Long story short, needing a vacation, I took the job. A week or so at this camp in the cool state of Maine woods by a lake in August seemed to totally make sense. The story of how I spent my summer vacation – teaching a music class to 12 dedicated very adult students. The trials and triumphs; the obstacles and revelations. The building of a song from the ground up and the ultimate joys of performance. A walk in the sunlight; A Walk In The Woods. Theatre of the imagination is presented by Watchfire Music:  watchfiremusic.com

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! From the New York Times: Quote: “Much Ado About Nothing is a feast! Joseph Papp’s 1972 CBS television production of the New York Shakespeare Festival’s staging of Shakespeare’s rollicking comedy is brassy, bouncy, and all–together entertaining. Featuring Sam Waterston, Douglas Watson and the Tony Award performances of Kathleen Widdoes and Barnard Hughes, Papp’s turn of the century version was critically acclaimed and enormously popular with audiences. Much Ado About Nothing originated at the open-air Delacorte Theater in Central Park. It was such a hit in the park that producer, Joseph Papp,  that fall, transferred the entire show to Broadway and there it became the longest running Shakespeare production in Broadway history. In 1972, 20 million people saw the broadcast of this CBS – TV IBM sponsored production of Shakespeare’s classic tale of romance, mistaken identity, and the battle of the sexes. Probably more people saw it on that one night than had seen it previously in history. Presented by Watchfire Music https://watchfiremusic.com/

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! This series, Havin’ A Talk With God, is a preview of a new Podcast Musical, which is actually Series 3 of Theater Of The Imagination’s Podcast!  In this 2nd Series, get to know Thyme Quinn — and through the course of her conversations with her good ol’ pal, God, eavesdrop on the prayers of a most complex character searching for Truth in her daily struggle to understand  her own complexities – complexities that we all struggle with every day. “We’ll be presentin’ this weekly, an’ doncha worry none, each episode won’t take ya’ more ‘an 5 or 6 minutes a shot.  Along the way we promise lots a’ food for thought, a lotta laughs, an’ even a revelation or two regardin’ your own life.” Try it. He’s a different kinda God. He talks back … in plain English.

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! This series, Havin’ A Talk With God, is a preview of a new Podcast Musical, which is actually Series 3 of Theater Of The Imagination’s Podcast!  In this 2nd Series, get to know Thyme Quinn — and through the course of her conversations with her good ol’ pal, God, eavesdrop on the prayers of a most complex character searching for Truth in her daily struggle to understand  her own complexities – complexities that we all struggle with every day. “We’ll be presentin’ this weekly, an’ doncha worry none, each episode won’t take ya’ more ‘an 5 or 6 minutes a shot.  Along the way we promise lots a’ food for thought, a lotta laughs, an’ even a revelation or two regardin’ your own life.” Try it. He’s a different kinda God. He talks back … in plain English.

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! The River — A Musical Revelation, concept by Peter Link and William Spencer Reilly, Music and Lyrics by Yours Truly opened in New York at Off-Broadway’s Promenade Theater in January of 1988 to rave reviews by 23 of the 25 major critics who attended. Included in that was a rave from the New York Times, the all important hit maker, who stated, “The River is, in fact, a celebration, that is directly communicated from the performers to the audience. It is an abundant musical evening. It moves on to an even greater affirmation of the spirit of man. Join in the celebration! Join in the exaltation!” This is Part Three (of 3). Listen to the spectacular closing night of the Theatrical Concert in its entirety! Theatre of the Imagination is Presented by Watchfire Music watchfiremusic.com

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! Miracle Of Faith is a Suite for orchestra and three voices – a man, a woman and a young boy.  We like to think of it as yet another Musical Theater of the Imagination special project, and we invite you to exercise your imaginations as you listen to this ancient tale of songs and instrumentals.  It is a trilogy of songs that look at the age-old story of the five loaves and two fishes told in the four Gospels of the Bible.  It covers three points of view of the same story coming from three different characters. It needs to be listened to in one 40 minute sitting as one continuous piece of music. The performance itself will be presented in a second, Part Two, episode and is available now. Please listen to Part One first. Theatre of the Imagination is presented by Watchfire Music https://watchfiremusic.com/

We'd love to hear from you! Please send us a Text Message! Miracle Of Faith is a Suite for orchestra and three voices – a man, a woman and a young boy.  We like to think of it as yet another Musical Theater of the Imagination special project, and we invite you to exercise your imaginations as you listen to this ancient tale of songs and instrumentals.  It is a trilogy of songs that look at the age-old story of the five loaves and two fishes told in the four Gospels of the Bible.  It covers three points of view of the same story coming from three different characters. It needs to be listened to in one 40 minute sitting as one continuous piece of music. The performance itself will be presented in a second, Part Two, episode and is available now. Please listen to Part One first. Theatre of the Imagination is presented by Watchfire Music https://watchfiremusic.com/