Hi! I am Milana.
Hi! I am Arty.
We are MilArt and this is our IndieGoGo campaign
for "Snow Queen Waltz"!
So, what is MilArt? MilArt is a duo!
A duo of Milana and Arty, a wife and a husband,
pianist, composer, singer-songwriter
and her producer.
What is "Snow Queen Waltz" you might ask?
Let us tell you this story!
Milana has been playing piano for over 30 years.
I've been an audiophile for two decades.
Five years ago we started our shared musical journey.
Together!
For these five years
Arty kept asking me to write a Tango song.
So last December I accidentally did it!
When I heard it for the first time
I was literally bewitched!
Don't get me wrong!
Milana wrote incredible songs in the past!
But this one, this one was something special!
Something from a different league!
It was inspired by Rachmaninoff and Piazzolla.
So, the song turned to be a fusion of
a passionate Tango and Jazz Waltz.
I immediately heard it in my head:
a full orchestral arrangement for this song.
And I visualized a theatrical story, a fantasy:
a reality turning into a dream,
a dream turning into a reality.
We spent Winter and early Spring
writing all the additional orchestral lines.
It was a great challenge to take the original piano
and almost completely rewrite it.
We were lucky to have friends
with orchestrating experience
who helped us all the way.
The vocal part was also a test for me:
I used to sing jazz but this song required
a fusion of jazz and opera.
I had to take several vocal lessons from a great coach
to master the drama and the power of operatic singing.
The next big thing was to write the script for the video.
It was also something new to us: to take the story
and turn it into the list of specific scenes:
second by second.
Some compromises had to be taken
between what we wanted
and what we could afford.
Scouting for filming locations was also a big part of it.
We literally drove hundreds of miles
checking different halls and churches,
and banquet venues.
And we ended up renting a theater,
which may seem like an obvious choice
for producing a theatrical song.
We filmed the first part of story already
and it was such an overwhelming experience.
With Arty's attention to details
we had to shoot some scenes over and over again.
So, it took us the entire day
to film one and a half minutes of the story.
But the big day of filming the main part of the story
is yet to come!
28th of October will be the day
when we will film Milana
with six dancers
and one additional character
playing another role on stage.
and there will be like a dozen or even more
people to help us to make it happen:
a video director, a camera assistant,
a light assistant, stage manager,
a couple of stage assistants, decoration manager,
a choreographer, makeup artist.
Many-many people to participate in this project.
And we'll have three different stage designs
to film three minutes of the story.
And we'll have only one day to film it all.
This day will be the most challenging part
of the entire project:
both scheduling and budget wise.
This is where we need your support!
What I like the most about this project
is that this is a truly collaborative one.
It is the result of the effort of many people
who dare to take risks,
who dare to be creative,
who dare to reach out.
I believe that music is my magic:
to reach out, to share the story,
to share the dream.
I believe that it only takes to dare:
to escape from the routine
and create your own world.
From the bottom of our heart
we would like to thank you
everyone who helps us on this journey.
Thank you to everyone who believes in us
and supports our IndieGoGo campaign.
Please like and share this campaign with your friends!
With love from us - to you!
In every note I play.
Thank you!
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