A surprise present from Amazon Prime

[dreamshark]

I got sucked into Amazon Prime when I got a free year from a credit card offer and became addicted. It's just so handy to be able to order things and have them magically appear in 2 days. Prime streaming video didn't have much to offer when I first got into the Prime Eco-System but has gotten noticeably more interesting since they started creating their own proprietary series content (e.g., Mozart in the Jungle). I tried using the Kindle Lending Library, but found it pretty much useless because the available titles were such a small fraction of the books available, but there were still way too many books to just scroll through and pick something. So I never even looked at Prime Music because I figured that would be even worse.

But guess what! The entire soundtrack of Hamilton (the brilliant Broadway musical) is available free on Prime Music! Since the show is really more of an opera than a musical, the soundtrack contains the entire play. All that's missing is a key to who exactly is speaking in each song, and that's readily available online. I've just finished Act I, and finding myself in agreement with all the hype about this production. It is brilliant, in the way that only a production driven obsessively by one individual can be.

I wouldn't go so far to say that you should spend $600 for a ticket to the Broadway production, but if you already have a subscription to Amazon Prime, for heaven's sake give this soundtrack a try!

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I have been re-discovering the Internet Archive for music. Listening to the New Riders of the Purple Sage recorded live at some hippy camping/music place in Ohio called Nelson Ledges. The tapers just put this stuff online for free. Love it.

K.