QUEEN SELENAY

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In the early 1990's, a company in Portland, Oregon named Firebird Arts was doing product tie-ins with Mercedes Lackey merchandise. The owner of Firebird had a connection to Misty Lackey and started putting out cd's based on the Heroes of Valdemar series.

I was commissioned by Firebird to adapt three songs written by Misty for the album, and was hired to write the music and perform as Queen Selenay on the album Lovers, Lore, and Loss.
I wrote the music for and did the arrangements for Cost of the Crown, Battle Dawn, and Trio.
Steve Einhorn played guitar/bodhran  for me and sand sang on Trio, and Cecilia Eng sang on Trio as well. 

From Mercedes Lackey's website:

• At last the continuation of the musical story started with "Heralds, Harpers & Havoc", is ready! Lovers, Lore & Loss tells the rest of the story from the "Heralds of Valdemar" trilogy. Rejoin Talia, Dirk, Selenay, and Elspeth as they love, and grieve in a time of war.Lyrics by Mercedes Lackey and D. F. Sanders finish telling the story started with Heralds, Harpers, & Havoc. Recorded at Desitrek Studio on a combination of 24 track and digital technology, the sound quality matches the talented folk who appear on the album. Margie Butler from Golden Bough adds her lovely voice to the album as Herald Talia, Shandeen lead vocalist from the band Falls Road, portrays Queen Selenay,Cecilia Eng as Princess Elspeth, Bill Roper as Healer Davon, and Steve Einhorn as Dirk. Paul Espinoza, Florie Brown, and Richard Ferry from Golden Bough contribute their considerable musical skill to round out the album.Songs include:
  My Lady • Coming Home • Chosen One • Dark Ending • Trapped • Between • One Answer • Cost of the Crown • Battle Dawn • Trio • Confusion • Heart's Own • Promise • Recall • Maiden's Hope
  
  
  Unfortunately the CD is out of print and is not available in MP3 format for legal download anywhere that I can find. But the songs remain popular filk music, and there are still a number of fans who have created numerous videos on youtube!