A Diamond is Forever Act 1 (Video 1/4)

Act I

John Strub: Songwriting/Vocals/Synths/Piano/Drums
Kieran McAuliffe: Guitar
Robert Burmeister: Songwriting/Guitar
David Miller: Bass

Produced by John Strub

This is the first part of a rock opera that I wrote for my history class. My friends and I recorded the whole thing and we may or may not play it live. It was a lot of fun and we're pretty proud of it!

It is about the diamond baron Cecil Rhodes, who essentially used his shmooze and ruthlessness to become one of the wealthiest men on earth. It's a cautionary tale, with a lot of darkness, but a lot of the song is done in a very tongue-and-cheek manor. Here are the parts listed....

All music/lyrics written by me (John Strub) unless noted

Introduction (0:00-1:23)
Chapter I: Africa (1:24- 3:49)
Chapter II: The Eureka Stone (3:50 - 6:40)
Chapter III: Meet Cecil [Burmeister] (6:41 - 8:40)
Chapter IV: Diamond Dreams (8:41-9:44)

I hope you enjoy! The intermission, Part II and the epilogue will be up soon!

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Music

Tags:

• history
• rhodes
• prog
• epic
• music
• rock
• synth
• africa
• vocals
• lyrics
• opera
• ambient