A New Brain is a moving, heartwarming semi-autobiographical musical by William Finn and James Lapine.
It presents the life of Finn's alter-ego Gordon Schwinn, a talented song-writer with a stalling career writing for children's TV entertainer 'Mr. Bungee'. His life takes an even greater turn for the worse when he is diagnosed with a life-threatening tumor and fluid build-up on his brain. Fearing that all of his best songs are still unwitten, he spends his days leading to his opertation composing.
In this song, his loving boyfriend, Roger, sings with Gordon about the image of spending a beautiful day on the sea and ending it perfectly by Gordon's side.
A New Brain is a celebration of creativity, even in the face of death and the healing power of art, as Schwinn recovers completely and learns how to appreciate life better.
Many thanks go to my good friend Joe Lammond, who helped me record this song. For more from Joe, visit http://soundcloud.com/joe-lamm
Unfortunately, the sound quality of the video is not as clear as the actual recording we made, something I have been unable to rectify. Despite this I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for reading.
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