Hello,Sometimes I'd like to record a dance or concert by simply grabbing the feed out of the Mains through the headphone jack and into a jump drive device. Are there any you recommend? I don't want to bring a laptop or something big.
By the way...I'm the one who had the dance hall with echo. We moved to a new hall. Although we tried multiple speakers with delays and hung quilts, the hall was too much to overcome. Here is a 12 second clip of me clapping. I think I heard worse echo once in a metal underground WWII Diefenbunker museum in Carp, Ontario.Robert
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Hi fellow contra musicians :)
I'm reaching out with a question both wearing my contra musician and my
contra caller hat.
*How do you label/categorize your sets?*
*And what descriptors do you like to hear from callers in order to decide
what set to play?*
As a musician, I've played with many different ways of describing my
various bands' sets. As a caller, I've tried various descriptors.
I've tried to capture these in a google document
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18FpoaGreXoj8eXXkCcgksgwgzKVwRncg2ps…>.
The * items are the descriptors I'm likely to rely on if I'm calling. You
can see I often go for describing the movement that the tunes might invoke
and sometimes go to the feelings too.
I'd love to get your input!
You could fill out your own column or two in the table or write back here.
Any and all thoughts welcome.
I'd love to hear your favourite descriptors.
Thanks :)
Emily in Ottawa
Hi fellow contra musicians :)
I'm reaching out with a question both wearing my contra musician and my
contra caller hat.
*How do you label/categorize your sets?*
*And what descriptors do you like to hear from callers in order to decide
what set to play?*
As a musician, I've played with many different ways of describing my
various bands' sets. As a caller, I've tried various descriptors.
I've tried to capture these in a google document
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18FpoaGreXoj8eXXkCcgksgwgzKVwRncg2ps…>.
The * items are the descriptors I'm likely to rely on if I'm calling. You
can see I often go for describing the movement that the tunes might invoke
and sometimes go to the feelings too.
I'd love to get your input!
You could fill out your own column or two in the table or write back here.
Any and all thoughts welcome.
I'd love to hear your favourite descriptors.
Thanks :)
Emily in Ottawa
HI all,
We have a smallish (30-40 dancer) contra that meets weekly in Rochester NY on Thursday evenings from 7:30-10:30pm.
As you can imagine, booking a weekly dance is tough, especially after the Big Hiatus.
We're fortunate to have a collection of talented bands, AND
I would like to add a Monthly or Quarterly "Touring band" to the schedule to add variety and
attract dancers who would not necessarily attend for a local band.
Our Thursday Night dance makes it a great stop-over for bands traveling through WNY.
I am willing to help put you in contact with other organizers in Ithaca, Syracuse, Buffalo and Toronto
to help set up tours. Contact me if you're interested!
Bob Fabinski
OMGoooooodness!
I love this Jeff.
This is SO cool. And I agree with you on all the bands I know.... this is
too great!!!
:) Emily
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> I'm wondering if anyone knows what foot board the East Pointers are using
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> Have you used something like this? Have you used something like this or
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Hey trad dance musicians :)
I was wondering if any of you have (or know if there are files) in ABC tune
notation for singing square melodies?
The reason I'm wondering about ABC is that it's so easy to transpose to
different keys to accommodate vocal ranges I can pull the notation from
Ralph Sweet's book, put it into ABC notation and then transpose but if
someone has already done it, I'd rather not reinvent the wheel. Thoughts?
(I've posted the same question on the trad callers listserv but I thought
I'd check with y'all as well!)
The squares I'm interested in are below.
Thanks :)
Emily in Ottawa
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Hi fellow dance musicians :)
Sharing info about a brand new open dance band resource.
Full disclosure - I pulled the resource together on behalf of CDSS. Despite
my bias [[:)!]], I feel as though it's a really useful resource for both
new and experienced band leaders as there are best practices and tips
provided by 35 different open dance bands.
Here's a direct link to the resource:
https://www.cdss.org/images/documents/resource-portal/CDSS-Open-Band-Resour…
CDSS lists a number of other resources for open bands here:
https://www.cdss.org/resources/resource-portal/musicians#open-dance-bands
I've found that the pandemic has been a fantastic time to bring new
musicians into our local open dance band here in Ottawa, Ontario. Some of
our local dancers have joined our monthly zoom practices. The practices
have been a safe space for those who are a bit shy or unsure about their
musicianship as they can play along with the band leader while not being
heard by others. We've also built in a bit of visiting time into our
practices as a way for band members to connect. I think we've found some
new players for our open dance band!
Hope you enjoy :)
Emily in Ottawa
