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Show mmm ; : : : . . . . -( 3T . "; . IS-: L.L. ' IJ 4 C -Av-ijf vrv? 'ny-l i;r"v v " " ., 4 ' ' Av "t . . . i T '' L' '-4: . ..... .fcJtA, r. ..A.'i.iJk. ,MM,.i, i in i l f ivi t ir - - 1 Park City High School student records by RON GEORG Record staff writer "Sam's got international potential," Nick Fry says of Parkite Sam Snyder. As one of Salt Lake's top-rated recording engineers, Fry is a better judge than most of such things. Having Hav-ing done production work for everyone from Stench to the Osmonds in his two years in the United States, the United Kingdom musicianproducer was immediately im-mediately impressed with Snyder's style. "She wanted to make a tape, just a short collection," recalls Fry. "I expected ex-pected something typically teenage, a trite collection of lyrics set to wimpy music. But Sam's got a very good sense of music, of the fundementals of music, and her writing shows lack of naivete which is complimented by a degree of innocence." The producer's enthusiasm is nearly Video Pump up the Volume is a teen fantasy adventure with a twist it's actually good. For a review, see pageC3. Park ranm Sam unbounded; he is more than serious about Sam Snyder's international potential. "I can see this stuff selling out stadiums," Fry said. "Sam has great poise, she's calm and intelligent I could picture her in front of 20,000 peoplesaying peo-plesaying all the right things. She could easily carry herself into that situation." All Fry's excitement is over a four-song four-song tape, Snyder's newly released One. Contrasting Fry's enthusiasm is Snyder herself. It's hard to picture the 17-year-old Park City High School senior on a stage in Giant Stadium. A petite, warm and friendly young woman, she would seem more suited to the personal setting of a small jazz or folk club. But after hearing her work her very first work it's easy to understand unders-tand why Fry thinks she's got strong future potential. The songs are all romantic efforts, but they manage to Sally Elliot, Park City Council Member, doesn't think we're K-Mart people up here. For one subconscious sub-conscious response, see page C4. Record Snyder transcend the teen trap of Debbie Gibson Gib-son style mall-rat love songs. Snyder's writing is pretty and poetic and demonstrates a mature, pragmatic and positive outlook. Two of the works on One take interesting in-teresting approaches to Snyder's music, which she wrote to her own piano accompaniment. In October, Fry recognized a somewhat plain, repititive piano melody, which he cured beautifully by changing the piano to a cappella voices backing Snyder. The bouncy, upbeat result is reminiscent of New York's Longhouse. Snyder's favorite piece on the extended-play release is Kiss Me, which was arranged for strings by Roger Lambson. A mournful love ballad, the song is beautifully rendered by the group of music students Fry assembled for string accompaniment. ac-companiment. The other two works on the EP, So Far Away and Nothing's Over are Opinion The Glass Egyptian fB'Arn'l 2'5 her first album more polished for popular release, featuring Fry on guitar and bass. While not as creatively produced as the other two, So Far Away and Nothing's Over probably stand the best chance of seeing commercial airplay in Salt Lake, which Fry says is a necessary precursor to finding a big label to produce Snyder's music. Snyder's hoping One will receive some attention, because it will give her an opportunity to produce more of her work. While she's never studied music she's only learned to play piano, by ear, in the last year Snyder is working on some instrumental compositions. com-positions. She's also got another side to her lyrical style, which reflects her taste for socially conscious musicians like Tracy Chapman, Billy Joel, and Edie Brickell. see SAM on C4 Theater Menagerie opens this weekend at the Theatre, and it will run into May. For lore information, see page C2. |