#adamandi demo

[melliotwrites]

Adamandi revision demos (3/?) - a new song for Portia, "Bones of the Dead"! Vocals by Lara Priya Sachdeva. Lyrics by Mel Hornyak, music by Elliot Valentine. Lyrics below the cut:

PORTIA: TALKS ON THE ROOF. WRITING IN THE DARK. THEORY BY THE WINDOW, UNREAD. WAITING OUTSIDE TO THE SOUNDS OF CRYING... LIFE ON THE BONES OF THE DEAD.

SEARCH FOR YOUR FRIEND. TELL THEM THEY’LL BE FINE. TRY TO MAKE THEM GO HOME, INSTEAD. WEIGHING YOUR LIFE LIKE A HEAVY POUR... LIFE ON THE BONES OF THE DEAD.

YOU TRY TO BE GOOD. TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS. EVERY DAY FEELS LIKE YOUR LAST. THEN IT ENDS.

WALKS IN THE SNOW. WAITING FOR A TRAIN. STRIPPING ALL THE SHEETS OFF YOUR BED. HOW CAN YOU LEAVE, IF SO MANY STAYED? NO MORE OF THE BONES OF THE DEAD. NO MORE OF THE BONES OF THE DEAD.

[sweethangman]

the new adamandi demos are making the show sound so much more haunting and i am all for it

[normalaboutdntm]

Pinned (updated March 31, 2025)

Hi, welcome to my blog! I intend this to be a place where I can document bits of Death Note the Musical history that I'm privy to and also reblog a shitton of fanworks (y'all are so talented).

To that end, here are links to posts about DNTM history I was privy to (Please let me know if the links break, I've also tagged the posts as #find later):

London programme with image descriptions

Signings and merch at NYCC 2023

Write-up of the DNtM panel at NYCC 2023

Write-up of the album listening party at NYCC 2023

Link to a Google Drive folder of audio/video from the panel and listening party at NYCC 2023, including tracks from the upcoming cast album

My hard-hitting reporting /lh over the dubiously licensed Texas production!

Feel free to send asks/DM me if you have questions about anything I've attended.

***I'd like to make it clear that I do not intentionally leak and I do not support leaking bootlegs as this makes it much harder for masters to film them. Please do not participate in leaking so we can keep theater accessible for everyone! As far as I know how to confirm, everything I have publicly available in the archive is allowed to be (I'm happy to discuss my process for checking this via DMs and would love some pointers if y'all have any). I'm new to the trading community and don't know all the rules & best practices yet, but I want to engage in a way that doesn't jeopardize its future, so if you see me doing something that conflicts with that, please let me know.***

Without further ado, my archive of DNtM materials!

Japan 2015x2, 2017x2 proshots

Korea 2015/2017 and 2022/2023 revival (removed for now, please see explainer doc in the folder)

Russia 2017 concert with Alexander Kazmin, etc

Brazil 2022 "editing practice" production

USA 2015 demo album and 2023 NYCC videos, including tracks from the asofyet unreleased London concept album

UK 2023 boots x2 (Palladium and Lyric, with both L actors) [not included in the archive but I have instructions for where you can get them], audios from all 3 Palladium performances and one from the Lyric, youtube/tiktok clips from the Palladium

the English script

plus some other stuff!

Feel free to send me stuff I don't have (in other words, please please please send me stuff I don't have), especially anything from the Lyric part of the UK2023 run, the 2017 Taiwan show, 2020 Japanese production, the 2021 Moscow concert, the 2024 Brazil concert, or bonus content related to any production (social media posts, etc)! I'm pretty sure the Brazil video I have is from the 2022 production at the same theater (the Clara Nunes) but if you know better - or have a complete audio/video - I would love to hear from you!

Other super-awesome links:

DNTM x Ready as I'll Ever Be AMV by me! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gownszo6TKA

Cleaned-up subtitles for TAoPP (if you don't know what that is, just keep scrolling): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bsc-XWf0EIMmmmqTRfz8R_ba43aUBKGI

Projects I'm working on:

Write-up of the London performances at the Lyric I attended (essentially done, I just need to clean up my notes) updating wrt the Lasagna boots

Subtitling the Lasagna boots

Re-timing the 2015 Korean subtitles to match the 2022/2023 Korean revival (PLEASE tell me if you know of anyone who has done or is working on a proper English translation of this)

Follow-up post regarding the Plano production compiling backstage information from the cast and audience impressions

This is also a Melliot fanblog, so here's links to their stuff as well:

Adamandi, an indie musical (full production) - "Three queer students of color at an elite midcentury college go to horrific lengths to earn a coveted graduation prize." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAYXkOJ42zs

The Art of Pleasing Princes (staged reading) - "Murder! Magic! Mischief! Marriage? An LGBTQ+ fantasy musical about revenge, falling in love, and everything that comes in between." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgc4wdkH0cU&t=0s

Oh hey it's a link to my TAoPP subtitles again, how'd that get in here twice: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bsc-XWf0EIMmmmqTRfz8R_ba43aUBKGI

Ghost Story, a concert version of Melliot's newest work - "Two love stories between Chinese American and Polish American men haunt the same Montana ranch house — one century apart. As past and present intertwine, the lovers confront long-held fears in their quest to determine if they love one another for the right reasons." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4o-vKr36aE

Whirlwind for Hire, a musical podcast by the "Elliot" in "Melliot" about a nonbinary immortal assassin named Alastor - https://open.spotify.com/show/3grLbfZQQ7I7BTCTnbb5Nr

[toasted-valentine]

Listening to the Adamandi Demos, and I fully understand why “Why Am I Here?” got cut, but god, the acts of heresy I’d commit in order to get a completed version of it would make the Catholic Church put a bounty out on my head.

[elliotly]

relistening to old adamandi demos and god I miss those fake ass trumpets

[vincentaureliuslin]

i LOVE questions and things like this if you couldn't tell

currently listening to - nothing unfortunately because im watching my siblings but the last song that played waasss where can i run also.. but not the demo

currently watching - the art of pleasing princes technically? i haven't been able to watch it watch it and it's not like act two or anything i got two songs in b4 it had to be turned off

currently reading - my biology textbook

currently obsessed with - adamandi !!!!!

i don't know who to tag /silly

Get to know you game! Answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better.

I got tagged by the lovely @pipistrellee (who i just realised i only followed a sideblog so hopefully now that's corrected lol) and i'm so excited to answer and get to know more people! ♥

Last song I listened to: Irene - Beach House ─ i prefer listening to albums instead of loose songs so that's the last one on the tracklist for BH's Bloom ₊˚⊹♡

Currently Reading: Crime and Prejudice by Dostoevsky, but I'm also always keeping up with manga/manwha that I follow on Bato lol i love everything josei/shoujo and GL as well - currently reading a completed GL manwha called Mage & Demon Queen and they are sooooo cute and dumb i love them sm

Currently Watching: Mad Men (with meals) and Cold Case (as bg noise when I'm cooking/cleaning)

Currently obsessed with: Always Inuyasha (me too pip!), Mad Men, Soul Eater, LOTR, D.Gray-man .𖥔 ݁ ˖

Tagging!:

@hahaalaine @bcbdrums @draculasbigcastle @fandom-ships @inkydeeeeeeew @lance-mtn-eyebrows @inussunflower @feathertayl @superpixie42

And anyone else who wants to do this! Consider yourself tagged. 💖

[melliotwrites]

we've been revising Adamandi in preparation for licensing, so we'll be sharing some new demos!) this is "Oh, Ms. Reporter" (1/?)

lyrics:

VINCENT:

DEAR MS. REPORTER, I’M HONORED TO BE HERE

OH, MS. REPORTER, I’VE HAD A BUSY YEAR

IF YOU WANT PARTICULARS

MY EXTRACURRICULARS

HAVE BEEN QUITE FULFILLING

AS I MADE A KILLING!

I’VE BEEN SILENT, QUICK, AND DEADLY

AS I FOUND EACH NOMINEE.

THIS PRIZE LIST’S GOTTEN SHORTER

AND IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF ME! 

I STARTED OFF EASY 

WITH THOSE JOCKS IN THE GYM.

I’M LUCKY IT WAS AMBROSE.

I MEAN, ANYONE WOULD KILL HIM!

OH MS. REPORTER, YOU LOOK A LITTLE FAINT.

WELL, MS. REPORTER, I’VE SHOWN GOOD SELF-RESTRAINT.

NO ONE ELSE SUSPECTS A THING

OR LOOKS AT ME IN STUDY HALL

OR ASKS ME WHERE I’M HEADED TO

IT’S LIKE THEY’VE NEVER CARED AT ALL.

HOW CAN THEY NOT NOTICE?

I’M SO NEAT AND PRECISE!

FEEDING THEM TO SQUIRRELS

OR THE LABORATORY MICE.

THE ADMIN WON’T STOP ME.

NO SURVEILLANCE INCREASED.

YOU WOULD THINK, REPORTER, 

THEY WOULD CANCEL CLASS AT LEAST! 

OH, MS. REPORTER, I’VE HID THEM QUITE WELL

AND, MS. REPORTER, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL

I COULD KILL THEM ON THE GREEN

OR LEAVE THEIR BODIES IN THE SQUARE

BURN STUTTON HALL TO ASHES

AND THE ADMIN WOULDN’T CARE!

AND I THINK THAT I’M THE PROBLEM

IT’S LIKE EVERY OTHER YEAR.

EVEN IF I TRY TO PLEASE THEM,

IT’S LIKE I WAS NEVER HERE.

ALWAYS PART OF SOMEONE’S SHADOW

ALWAYS PUT BACK IN MY PLACE

(to GHOST AMBROSE)

I’LL NEVER HAVE THE MONEY

OR THE BIRTHRIGHT, OR THE FACE. 

(GHOST AMBROSE mirrors VINCENT’s movements for the rest of the song) 

I’VE CHOKED THEIR RICH MACHINE WITH BLOOD

BUT THE WHEELS JUST KEEP ON TURNING.

THEY’D NEVER LET A COUPLE DEATHS

DISRUPT A PLACE OF LEARNING. 

OH, MS. REPORTER, I CAN’T SAY THIS TO YOU

BUT, MS. REPORTER, I MEAN, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? 

WHAT ELSE COULD MAKE THEM WANT ME?

IS IT SOMETHING I CAN’T SEE? 

WOULD THEY NOTICE ANYTHING

IF IT WAS DONE BY ME? 

THERE’S NO MORE RULES TO TEMPT ME

OR CONTESTANTS TO PURSUE 

PLEASE, MS. REPORTER, 

PLEASE, MS. REPORTER,

PLEASE, DON’T TELL ME,

BUT WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? 

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? 

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? 

WHAT ELSE CAN I- 

WHAT ELSE CAN I-

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?

[melliotwrites]

we've been revising Adamandi in preparation for licensing, so we'll be sharing some new demos!) this is "Where Can I Run" (2/?)

lyrics:

VINCENT: TEN MINUTES ‘TILL LECTURE A PATH TO RETRACE. OTHER STUDENTS JOIN, HEADED THE SAME EXACT PLACE. POURING OUT OF BUILDINGS MARCHING TO CLASS. FILING THROUGH ARCHES. REFLECTED IN GLASS.

ALL WALKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION,  SPILL OUT OF A NARROW STREET AND CROSS THE ROAD. FROM ABOVE, WE LOOK LIKE FLIES SURROUNDING SOMETHING THAT HAS DIED, A CARCASS OVERFLOWED.  I AM SCARED OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND I WISH I COULD STOP MOVING BUT I CAN’T TRY. EVEN IF I DO, THE MINDLESS SWARM WILL SPLIT IN TWO AND PASS ME BY.

DO THEY NOT FEEL TRAPPED? EVERY MOVEMENT MAPPED? DO THEY FEEL MY STARE? DO THEY EVEN CARE? THE SWARM STARTS TO SEETHE (STUDENTS: AND IT’S HARD TO BREATHE) AND IT’S HARD TO BREATHE (STUDENTS: AND IT’S HARD TO BREATHE) WHERE CAN I RUN?

THEY DICTATE WHAT I DO AND I DICTATE WHAT THEY DO  AS WE CONTROL THE MASS. WE ARE AN ENDLESS STREAM OF FLESH SO ALL THE VEHICLES AROUND US WAIT FOR US TO PASS. DRAWN INTO A VORTEX WHERE I CAN’T TELL IF I’M LEADING OR I’M BEING LED. PART OF THEIR POTENTIAL, I CAN FEEL I HAVE A PURPOSE WAITING UP AHEAD

DO THEY NOT FEEL CAUGHT?  IS THIS WHAT THEY’RE TAUGHT? DO THEY NOT FEEL SMALL?  DO THEY FEEL AT ALL? DO THEY NOT FEEL LED? (STUDENTS: DO THEY NOT FEEL LED?) DO THEY KNOW THEY’RE DEAD? (STUDENTS: DO THEY KNOW THEY’RE DEAD?) WHERE CAN I RUN?

NO ONE WOULD NOTICE IF I EVER VANISHED THEIR BODIES WOULD SUSTAIN THIS NEVER-ENDING ARMY LIKE BLOOD PUMPING THROUGH A VEIN.

NO ONE WOULD NOTICE IF ANYONE VANISHED.  IF NATURE CULLED THE HERD. THIS CROWD OF PULSING FOOTSTEPS WOULD KEEP MOVING UNDETERRED.

(THE OTHER STUDENTS join in as they rush around VINCENT, who is standing still.)

NO ONE WOULD NOTICE IF I EVER VANISHED THEIR BODIES WOULD SUSTAIN THIS NEVER-ENDING ARMY LIKE BLOOD PUMPING THROUGH A VEIN. NO ONE WOULD NOTICE IF ANYONE VANISHED.  IF NATURE CULLED THE HERD THIS CROWD OF PULSING FOOTSTEPS WOULD KEEP MOVING UNDETERRED.

(Suddenly, the students disperse. VINCENT is alone.)

BUT THE FOOTSTEPS PASS HEADED OFF TO CLASS. AND I’M LEFT BEHIND SAYING I DON’T MIND. I TRY NOT TO CARE, BUT WHAT ELSE IS THERE? IF I’M NOT TRAPPED HERE I’LL JUST DISAPPEAR.  WHEN IT’S SAID AND DONE, WHERE CAN I RUN?

[melliotwrites]

are you working on a musical/play currently? if so when will it be out on youtube (if you know)

We are currently hard at work on our next show, Ghost Story! We don't have a production lined up yet, much less any kind of video, but we'll update as we go along with getting it in front of eyeballs :) (Probably the first iteration of it will be a reading in New York City -- or maybe New Haven, CT. -- so if you're around there keep an eye out for more info once we finish writing it!)

For now, have our first demo for Ghost Story :) and follow our demos playlist for more stuff in the future!

lyrics:

ANTHONY: OUR MAP IS OLD, THE SIGNS ARE WRONG BUT SINGING SONGS, WE ROLL ALONG THE WIDE OPEN SPACES OF THE LAND OF THE FREE

AS THE SETTING SUN GROWS BRIGHTER THE TOWNS AROUND GET WHITER JOEY STAYS SMILING AS ALL EYES TURN TO ME

HAO: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY, GAZE AT TAXIDERMY SHOPS SEE YOUR BEADY EYES UP THERE NEXT!

HAO/ANTHONY: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

ANTHONY: GETTING CIRCLED BY CROPS, WATCH YOUR SERVICE DWINDLE DOWN TO TEXT

ALL: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH WHAT’S MORE EXCITING AND NEW?

JOEY/JOZEF: WOLF IN SHEEP COUNTRY

ANTHONY/HAO: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

ALL: SOMEONE WHO’S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE YOU!

ANTHONY: REST STOPS BEGIN FEELING STRANGE BIT MORE LIKE A FIRING RANGE PULLING OVER FEELS LIKE LIFE-AND-DEATH JOEY TELLS ME THEY DON’T MIND

HAO/ANTHONY: BUT THEY CAN TELL I’M NOT THEIR KIND SO I’D RATHER HOLD MY BLADDER THAN HOLD MY BREATH

HAO/ANTHONY: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

ANTHONY: BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK

HAO: TEETH AND CLAWS COULD COME FROM ANY DIRECTION

HAO/ANTHONY: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

ANTHONY: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

HAO: ‘ROUND THESE PARTS, YOU BETTER CARRY PROTECTION!

ALL: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

JOEY/JOZEF: YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

ALL: EVERYBODY BETTER BEWARE! SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

JOEY (turning to HAO): CHRIST!

HAO (turning to JOZEF): AH!

JOZEF (turning to ANTHONY): HELP!

ANTHONY (turning to ALL): FUCK!

ALL: EVERYBODY ’S IN FOR A SCARE!

HAO: I LEARNED TO COPY WHAT THEY WEAR, CUT AND COMBED AND SLICKED MY HAIR MAKE SURE NO ONE LOOKS AT ME TOO CLOSELY

TAKE THE SHORT WAY HOME AT NIGHT I’M NOT LOOKIN’ FOR A FIGHT STAY ALONE AND MIND MY BUSINESS (with a glance at JOZEF) …MOSTLY

ALL: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

HAO/ANTHONY: PERFECT ALL OF YOUR SMILES SO YOU LOOK A BIT LESS LIKE A THREAT

ALL: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

HAO/ANTHONY: NO ONE LIKE YOU FOR MILES

HAO/JOZEF: (to ANTHONY) AT LEAST YOUR BOYFRIEND HASN’T NOTICED YET

ANTHONY: AND YOU SHOULD BE HAVING FUN YOU CAME HERE ON VACATION IF YOU’RE GONNA BE UPSET, GO BACK TO WORK

BUT NOW LOOK WHAT I’VE DONE I’M CRYING OUT OF FRUSTRATION TRYING NOT TO RUIN IT LIKE A JERK

HE’S IN THE KITCHEN CHOPPING ONION FRYING PORK TO PATSY CLINE HAPPY PLAYING AT PAUL BUNYAN THE LEAST I CAN DO IS SAY I’M FINE

ANTHONY: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY I CAN USE WHAT I’VE GOT MAKE THEIR MOUNTAINS MY NEW FRONTIER

HAO/ANTHONY: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY LIKE IT OR NOT

ALL: BUT I’M BUILDING A HOME RIGHT HERE!

ALL: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH THOUGH IT FEELS LESS THAN GREAT SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY WE ALL LEARN TO TOLERATE SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

HAO/ANTHONY: I’LL TAKE WHAT I’M GRANTED

ALL: SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY

HAO/ANTHONY: I’LL GROW WHERE I’M PLANTED! I’M A SHEEP IN WOLF COUNTRY BUT HERE I’LL

ALL: STAY!

[melliotwrites]

The demo surprise we had originally slated for Adamandi fan week is taking a bit longer than expected (but the original actor cameo will be worth it, I promise!!) so in the meantime, we're gonna make a little Q&A video sometime this weekend and post it to YouTube! We'll be answering stuff that's been sitting in our inbox, but feel free to send additional questions before Saturday 12/7 -- can be as silly or serious as you want -- for a chance for them to be answered! - Elliot

[melliotwrites]

THE REVISION DEMOS ARE SO COOL….I AM SO HYPED FOR REVISED ADAMANDI :D

thank you! there might even be never before seen stuff dropping at some point... - Elliot

[melliotwrites]

The new Adamandi demos are SO FUN!! The revise of Where Can I Run and Dear Ms Reporter are so so cool cause it feels like Vincent's character motivations being defined a Lot More Overtly then originally and that's So Fun!! Autism Sleep Agent Moment ftw

Thank you!! We wanted to build up stuff more clearly to the pyre scene/ambrose skask moment haha (also because in the original, these were two songs that were written like. kinda before most of the show existed. so they were less incorporated into it/explored a bunch of ideas that didn’t end up making it into the script) - Elliot

[melliotwrites]

11/19: Adamandi AMA!

Hi everyone! In honor of Adamandi fan week* we will be hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) event on 11/19 to celebrate a year since the opening of the first production of our musical Adamandi.

HOW IT WORKS:

Our ask box will be open per usual, but we will try to answer everything as soon as possible! No question is too silly or too small - If you've been burning to ask "What does Vincent eat for breakfast" or "What software do you use to make your demos" or "What're some secret Adamandi set details we can't see from the recording," now is the time! (Of course, the usual rules of human decency apply - if you send something that is mean or offensive, or could be construed as mean or offensive, we won't be responding to it. ) We'll try to get to everything we receive Sunday, from 12:00pm (noon) to 11:59pm (midnight) Eastern Time.

Because of the nature of the event, we'll be focusing mostly on Adamandi questions, but if you have any asks about our other shows we'll get to them once all the Adamandi questions have been answered!

*We aren't running the Adamandi fan week or moderating it at all, we just think it is a fun idea and want to support :)

[toasted-valentine]

I finally got around to listening to the Ghost Story Musical demos, and I’m beginning to see a pattern between the three major Melliot Musicals.

-Queerness

-A blonde white man’s sex life (or in Ambrose’s case, lack of one) will be the unknowing catalyst of so many problems.

-As soon as fire enters the mix, you know somethings going to go off the rails.

-Feeling like an outsider due to one’s race, transness, queerness, or place in the class order

-The slow disillusionment of a gay relationship due to a fundamental difference in world views between partners, all while at least one member of the relationship becomes increasingly homicidal and starts to openly share their violent actions/fantasies.

-There is something horribly wrong with the old timey blonde white guy.

-When the piano starts getting fun, the fuckery has just begun.

-They really like a good stabbing.

-Privilege, inability to see past one’s own desires and ambitions, an unhealthy level of people pleasing, and trying to maintain a status quo while avoiding addressing the prevailing issues in the relationship will cause long term damage.

-(This is an Adamandi and TAOPP thing) Listen to the lesbian’s advice, do not listen to the bi/pansexual cause they give bad advice, but listen to the lesbian. The lesbian is often times right, but not often listened to.

-A general theme of otherness and how it can slowly cause someone to eat themself from the inside out while trying to find a place in a world that seems to desperately want them gone, eventually deciding that destroying that world that rejected them is better than failing over and over again to become part of it. Sort of a “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” situation.