June 7: Boogie Stop Spiderman

I spent most of the day arranging a mashup song for Reset Button, my 6-piece brass band. The idea for the song came when my husband played "Boogie Stop Shuffle" by the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble on Spotify. At 0:58 in the recording, after playing an intro and the main melody, they go into a B section and I immediately started singing the 60s Spiderman Theme Song (I was going to just quote a line or two of lyrics here, so I googled the lyrics, and I don't think I ever realized that *these* were all the words!)

Spiderman, Spiderman!
Does whatever a spider can.
Spins a web any size,
Catches thieves, just like flies.
Look out! Here comes the Spiderman!

Is he strong? Listen, Bud!
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread?
Take a look overhead.
Hey there, there goes the Spiderman!

Spiderman, Spiderman

Friendly neighborhood Spiderman
Wealth and fame he's ignored
Action is his reward
To him, life is a great big bang-up
Wherever there's a hang-up
You'll find the Spiderman!

Ever since that improv mash up moment, I've wanted to create an arrangement for Reset Button. And I finally did, and I am SO proud of it. The Spiderman theme seriously goes SO well into Boogie Stop Shuffle. Of course, it will be a challenging piece to play, especially for the saxes, but hopefully it will sound just as good in real life as it does on Musescore (the program I use for arranging music). It's been delightful to arrange music for this band; next up is an arrangement of "Tetra Funk", a funky version of the Tetris theme song by insaneintherain. 

With delight,

♥Jamie