The Concept of “Song as Covert Tactic”

Vision Road Sign with dramatic blue sky and clouds.

A covert tactic is, obviously, a secret one. Also please note that a covert tactic can have good or bad intentions. One might do something covertly tactical in an effort to do someone a favor, like sneakily prepare gourmet low-cal meals for a person who needs to lose weight, while making sure that they don’t SEEM low-cal. Or one may intend harm and lead someone into a trap with BAAAAD advice disguised as good.

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Pop Ballad - Including Audio Track and a Chart

Michael Pollock - Musical Direction Pop Ballad

I think it’s particularly hilarious when improvisers do a truly heartfelt pop ballad, bound to contain deliciously-absurd lyrics. Here’s another track and chart from “Musical Direction for Improv and Sketch Comedy” that I hope you’ll enjoy using for any accompaniment purpose you wish – you can learn the roadmap of the music and improvise complete songs to match, or just play around and sing to the music in bits and pieces. The possibilities for melody-creation are vast and this is a style that every improv singer should have in his or her repertoire.

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