Lead Me Astray | An Original Song

I wrote "Lead Me Astray" for a songwriting class. The prompt was to listen to a song, and base an original song on it after analyzing the lyrics. The song I ended up choosing was "You're Haunting Me" by BlackBriar, which then inspired a song about something being in the darkness, and the fear of the unknown. 

I made a music video for it, and I tried to capture the feeling of "found footage" (footage that was filmed on a camera/phone that captures something paranormal). 

 

But if you want to listen to the music without the video, you can do so by listening to this. 

  🎶  Lyrics 🎶 

Skeletal branches tap against my window frame,

Reaching out like they have have something to gain,

I don't feel the same,

The sounds of the night,

The pale lights,

Want to...lead me, lead me astray

But, I don't feel that way

Something in the darkness is there,

Wanting to lead me into its lair,

Voices in the darkness keep calling,

But I don't feel like following,

They tell me riches await,

If only I trust in fate.

Often stories were told,

Of creatures of old,

Wanting to lead travelers away in the night,

Those stories would give me a fright,

But, now I am down to my last light,

I feel my desire growing,

Because of my not knowing...

What is there,

I feel I have been caught in its snare,

As it leads me astray...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you saw a light in the darkness, would you follow it? Has music inspired your own songs and/or stories? 

-Quinley

"There's Nothing Wrong With Me!"| A Performance From Sherlock

Hello fellow actors, I hope you're having a Happy Halloween! 

When I was searching for a monologue for an audition in 2020, (which I didn't end of doing because the monologue ended up not fitting the mood of the show) I came across this one  from BBC's Sherlock. While in the original show Sherlock is trying to prove to Watson that he is fine (with them talking back and forth), I had to change the script for audition reasons so that Sherlock was the only one talking, and is talking directly to the audience (John Watson).  

He is trying to prove to the audience (John) that he is alright. Sherlock is a very calm and collected person, so, the fact that he of all people is afraid of a "Hell hound" that he has seen is very unusual. Even Sherlock Holmes is scared. 

I think it is worth mentioning that the show I was going to be auditioning for was about the pandemic and being quarantined, and I thought this monologue perfectly captured the feeling of uncomfortableness and even the feeling of being frightened about the pandemic. I tried to show that element in the monologue, given that I feel the fear Sherlock is feeling is similar. Because the fear he has is not a fun fear the kind you get from reading a ghost story, but instead a real fear. So without further ado, I present you, my version of this monologue:

You can also watch it here 

I have been working on this monologue for a year and a little more (getting to know Sherlock Holmes as a character throughout that time), so I am glad that I finally got it to where I wanted it to be and filmed it. 
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 Which episode of Sherlock do you think is scarier The Hounds of Baskerville or The Abominable Bride? And, which character would you want to play in BBC's Sherlock? 

-Quinley