The book
- Chapters drafted
- 16 completed
- Chapters that have completed editing
- 6 completed
Audio chapters will enter production when all chapters are completed.
DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS · UPDATED OCTOBER 18, 2026
A Song for
the Generations.
First, a book and an album. Then, their stories and songs come to the stage.
Follow the work taking shape—and the partnership helping it find its voice.
THE FOUNDATION
Book & Album
16 chapters · 16 songs
THE LIVE ADAPTATION
The Musical
10 short stories · 10 songs · Two acts
PRIORITY ONE
Bringing the book
and album to life.
Completion target
April 1, 2027
The album
- Song drafts / demos prepared
- 16 completed
- Songs in studio production
- 6 in progress
View book and album production targets
- January 1, 2027: complete chapter editing.
- April 1, 2027: complete studio production and the book and album.
Audio chapter production begins when all chapters are completed.
PRIORITY TWO · GROWING FROM THE BOOK AND ALBUM
A narrated musical
in two acts.
Development target
April 1, 2027
Ten selected songs and ten short narrative movements carry the collection into a shared live experience. This adaptation draws on the larger book and album while finding its own shape for the stage.
The short stories
- Short stories drafted
- 10 completed
- Short stories edited
- 0 not yet begun
The selected songs
- Song drafts / demos prepared
- 10 completed
- Songs in studio production
- 3 in progress
View musical development targets
- January 1, 2027: complete short-story editing.
- April 1, 2027: complete studio production for the selected songs.
- April 1, 2027: complete musical development.
Book, album and musical development can overlap. The musical’s songs are selected from the larger collection; they are not ten additional album tracks.
HELP THE NEXT STORY FIND ITS VOICE
Seven stories sponsored.
Nine still to go.
Seven of sixteen story packages have been sponsored—approximately 44% of the collection’s funding goal.
7 sponsored · 44%9 still needed · 56%
Support to date totals $22,400 toward the $51,200 collection goal. A full story sponsorship contributes $3,200 toward writing, recording, artwork, narration and release.
Explore sponsorshipSee sponsorship for each story
Sponsorship and production are tracked separately. Work in editing or the studio is underway, rather than completed.
FROM DEVELOPMENT TO A SHARED EVENING
The first
public musical.
The first performance of A Song for the Generations is planned for midyear or fall 2027. Its public-event timing is separate from the April 1 development target.
Discover the upcoming DAWN Windows eventDates shown are development targets. Exact event dates and venue will be announced as plans develop.