By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR The title offers a nod and wink as to what listeners are going to find when they push the play button on Alex Mika’s new album. The effort from the Bristol resident is called, “Piano Is Not My Forte.” The play on words indicates a sophisticated sense of humor resides in the brain of this sophomore at the University of Connecticut. “I’ve always been fascinated with comedy,” said Mika in an email interview. “I think there’s a lot more things you can say if you’re being witty or funny about it.” On the album that also serves the score to his one-man show of the same name, Mika said, “I was exploring the concept of relationships, of all sorts, and I felt that the emotionality of music lends itself well to the lightness of comedy, and vice versa. I think the two are very complimentary.” Rather than writing a pop music score, or even a rock opera, the young performer sticks to tradition- crafting a piece clearly in the musical theater tradition. “Musical theater was my first love, it’s truly my greatest inspiration,” said Mika. “What separates theater songs from pop songs, for example, is […]
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