Gary Powell, Composer/Producer

Cheat Fear Now!

Gary Powell — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:34:59 +0000

by Gary Powell In the next five minutes, I want to change your mind: I want to challenge your long-held conceptions of the performing arts and music education. I realize that asking for a paradigm shift in how we perceive the arts is tricky business. But I no longer risk anything when I tell you [...]

Gary Powell “The Producer’s Workshop” Video Sam Houston State University

Gary Powell — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:34:27 +0000

Gary Powell brings 33 years of experience coaching singers in the recording studio presenting his skills to universities and vocal studios around the country. As an alumnus of Sam Houston State University, the university music department invited Gary to work with their student singers. Singers were auditioned on the first day followed by three nights [...]

Welcome Giant Screen Cinema Association to Austin

Gary Powell — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:47:02 +0000

When searching for prescient, knowledgeable and soulful people, why not think big. Welcome to Austin the members of the Giant Screen Cinema Association and their 2011 convention hosted by the Bob Bullock Story of Texas Musueum. The purpose of GSCA is to “advance the business of producing and presenting giant screen experiences.” My hope is [...]

Before the Sun Sets on this Memorial Day

Gary Powell — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:51:16 +0000

This is a celebration of Memorial Day as inherited and guaranteed through our own personal authority.

Texas Singer/Songwriter Donna Dorrellin the Studio with Gary Powell

Gary Powell — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:27:41 +0000

by Gary Powell Let’s tell the story of a woman courting a deep East Texas drawl, Donna Dorrell, who finds and shares a defining perspective from her life through songwriting. Is her disarmingly insightful lyric born from the song-farms of major recording centers, or from somewhere else? That rhetorical question is only meant to wake [...]

“Maybe I’m It – Maybe I’m Not” Reviews

Gary Powell — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:04:31 +0000

Various reviews from Gary Powell's first 1997 performance of "Maybe I'm It - Maybe I'm Not" at Zachary Scott Theater in Austin, Texas.

Singer Kenna Chris in the Studio with Gary Powell

Gary Powell — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:25:07 +0000

Singer Kenna Chris records with Grammy-nominated producer Gary Powell in his Austin, Texas studio.

Red Staple Premiers at SXSW in Austin

Gary Powell — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:05:00 +0000

Lori Jordan and Dee Jordan have created Red Staple, a techonology to help deepen your audience's experience for all of your digital projects, be it music, film, photography or blog.

JP Dunphy’s “Get Away” to Austin

Gary Powell — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:52:38 +0000

By Gary Powell In the fall of 2008 I was holding a workshop; “Pop Vocal Performance Techniques for the Theatrical Singer” at DeSales University in the beautiful Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. This was my second trip to DeSales invited by theatrical director, educator and longtime friend Dennis Razze who directed me in the role of [...]

Austin Singer Leslie Powell – “Rain Check”

Gary Powell — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:41:07 +0000

Gary Powell produced Leslie Powell's first iTunes release for the song, "Rain Check." The song was written by Gary Powell and Helen Darling.

Your Big Break in 2011

Gary Powell — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:00:03 +0000

by Gary Powell When we take action, initiate; we put into motion all kinds of good things that can happen. Maybe it’s kind of like the “break” on a pool table. You don’t have to be an expert for balls to fall in the pocket. Just don’t quit shooting, even if temporarily blocked from entering [...]

Jeff Hellmer “Christmas Jazz” Released on Miramuse

Gary Powell — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:57:29 +0000

I had researched ancient hymns and carols in the mid-1980's for Ensemble 109 at the University of Texas and had written several vocal arrangements for several of these beautiful pieces of music; most of them lost to antiquity. Jeff freely improvised from these original hymn arrangements delivering a freshly re-harmonized interpretation of these ancient carols. Now Available on iTunes.