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Just then, thewords of Mitt Romneyrang through his Twitter feed: My favorite meat is hot dog.
Hes up to No.
The music is rich, the production values spare.
In fact, he is reading from a freshly written-out score.
Ive never spent more than 45 minutes on one, but Im not improvising, he says.
Each one is a tiny object lesson in text setting.
My Favorite Meat (a.k.a Fleischlied) begins like a Lutheran chorale (or maybea Mormon hymn?
But composing in miniature (and for free) is still composing.
Writing the Twitter songs is fun addictive, even.
I have to ensure they dont derail the projects Im actually getting paid for.
