7 Feb
2017
7 Feb
'17
8:54 p.m.
Hi All:
I'm doing a session at NEFFA on calling for Barn and Community Dances. The only
missing piece of my information is where to get recordings. I know there are lots of
folks on this list who use recordings. Would you please point me in the right direction?
Also, do you have a suggestion for a small and portable sound system? I know we discussed
this not that long ago.
Thanks
Donna Hunt
7 Feb
7 Feb
9:24 p.m.
Donna,
New England Dance Masters is an excellent resource for good music. Lloyd
Shaw foundation is another good source.
Dosado.com has lots of more modern music, and offers dance specific Hilton
sound systems. Hilton equipment is expensive, but quality, and durable. I
carried two small Hilton amps in my trunk for over 20 years, and they still
work well.
I use a Custom PA-50 for my small workshops, and that system is well under
$100 when on sale.
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Donna Hunt Dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi All:
I'm doing a session at NEFFA on calling for Barn and Community Dances.
The only missing piece of my information is where to get recordings. I
know there are lots of folks on this list who use recordings. Would you
please point me in the right direction?
Also, do you have a suggestion for a small and portable sound system? I
know we discussed this not that long ago.
Thanks
Donna Hunt
9:42 p.m.
Thanks Rich, this is perfect.
To be clear, I'd like to give the attendees a list of equipment and recordings. I
don't need to use these during the workshop.
Donna
Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com
Email: dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
Cell: 215-565-6050
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From: Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
To: trad-dance-callers <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 4:24 pm
Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] Sound system and Recordings to call to
Donna,
New England Dance Masters is an excellent resource for good music. Lloyd Shaw foundation
is another good source.
Dosado.com has lots of more modern music, and offers dance specific Hilton sound systems.
Hilton equipment is expensive, but quality, and durable. I carried two small Hilton amps
in my trunk for over 20 years, and they still work well.
I use a Custom PA-50 for my small workshops, and that system is well under $100 when on
sale.
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Donna Hunt Dhuntdancer(a)aol.com [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi All:
I'm doing a session at NEFFA on calling for Barn and Community Dances. The only
missing piece of my information is where to get recordings. I know there are lots of
folks on this list who use recordings. Would you please point me in the right direction?
Also, do you have a suggestion for a small and portable sound system? I know we discussed
this not that long ago.
Thanks
Donna Hunt
10:32 p.m.
New England Dancing Masters recordings, though a few tracks like Gustav's
Skoal and Listen to the Mockingbird and others have vocal tracks so are not
usable.
All of Marian Rose's recordings
Amazon for tracks like Cotton Eye Joe by the Rednexx, Cha Cha Slide, Cupid
Shuffle, etc. You can also find some more trad dance oriented recordings
like a wacky, 20-minute Virginia Reel medley from an Australian band.
I still had some big holes like Gustav and Zemir Atik and a lot of singing
squares, so some musician friends I do dance parties with frequently
gathered at my son's house and recorded a bunch of functional tracks that
are very helpful. Not super high fi, but workable for dance party work.
I rip everything to mp3 and use a laptop with SqView software. My backup
is an Android phone with The Amazing Slow Downer for playback. It has some
EQ and playback speed control.
My son and I went together to get a Bose L1 system. It's pricy but its
very light and very good.
For what it's worth.
R
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Donna Hunt Dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Thanks Rich, this is perfect.
To be clear, I'd like to give the attendees a list of equipment and
recordings. I don't need to use these during the workshop.
Donna
Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com
Email: dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
Cell: 215-565-6050 <(215)%20565-6050>
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] <
trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
To: trad-dance-callers <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 4:24 pm
Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] Sound system and Recordings to call to
Donna,
New England Dance Masters is an excellent resource for good music. Lloyd
Shaw foundation is another good source.
Dosado.com has lots of more modern music, and offers dance specific Hilton
sound systems. Hilton equipment is expensive, but quality, and durable. I
carried two small Hilton amps in my trunk for over 20 years, and they still
work well.
I use a Custom PA-50 for my small workshops, and that system is well under
$100 when on sale.
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Donna Hunt Dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
--
Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]
When you stumble, make it part of the dance. - Anonymous
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least
once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at
least one laugh. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Hi All:
I'm doing a session at NEFFA on calling for Barn and Community Dances.
The only missing piece of my information is where to get recordings. I
know there are lots of folks on this list who use recordings. Would you
please point me in the right direction?
Also, do you have a suggestion for a small and portable sound system? I
know we discussed this not that long ago.
Thanks
Donna Hunt
8 Feb
8 Feb
7:02 p.m.
Where is that 20 minute Virginia Reel medley from an Australian band? I
tried a few Google searches, but could not find it.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 5:32 PM, Ridge Kennedy srk3nn3dy(a)gmail.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
New England Dancing Masters recordings, though a few tracks like Gustav's
Skoal and Listen to the Mockingbird and others have vocal tracks so are not
usable.
All of Marian Rose's recordings
Amazon for tracks like Cotton Eye Joe by the Rednexx, Cha Cha Slide, Cupid
Shuffle, etc. You can also find some more trad dance oriented recordings
like a wacky, 20-minute Virginia Reel medley from an Australian band.
I still had some big holes like Gustav and Zemir Atik and a lot of singing
squares, so some musician friends I do dance parties with frequently
gathered at my son's house and recorded a bunch of functional tracks that
are very helpful. Not super high fi, but workable for dance party work.
I rip everything to mp3 and use a laptop with SqView software. My backup
is an Android phone with The Amazing Slow Downer for playback. It has some
EQ and playback speed control.
My son and I went together to get a Bose L1 system. It's pricy but its
very light and very good.
For what it's worth.
R
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Donna Hunt Dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Thanks Rich, this is perfect.
To be clear, I'd like to give the attendees a list of equipment and
recordings. I don't need to use these during the workshop.
Donna
Web Site: donnahuntcaller.com
Email: dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
Cell: 215-565-6050 <(215)%20565-6050>
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] <
trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
To: trad-dance-callers <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 4:24 pm
Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] Sound system and Recordings to call to
Donna,
New England Dance Masters is an excellent resource for good music. Lloyd
Shaw foundation is another good source.
Dosado.com has lots of more modern music, and offers dance specific
Hilton sound systems. Hilton equipment is expensive, but quality, and
durable. I carried two small Hilton amps in my trunk for over 20 years,
and they still work well.
I use a Custom PA-50 for my small workshops, and that system is well
under $100 when on sale.
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Donna Hunt Dhuntdancer(a)aol.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
--
Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]
When you stumble, make it part of the dance. - Anonymous
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least
once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at
least one laugh. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Hi All:
I'm doing a session at NEFFA on calling for Barn and Community Dances.
The only missing piece of my information is where to get recordings. I
know there are lots of folks on this list who use recordings. Would you
please point me in the right direction?
Also, do you have a suggestion for a small and portable sound system? I
know we discussed this not that long ago.
Thanks
Donna Hunt
4:10 a.m.
A while back someone suggested CD Baby for downloadable MP3s. I search on the "contra
dance" style, and add further parameters (say, "fiddle tune," or
"instrumental"). When the tune lists appear, you can click on titles and listen
to snippets.
Late last year I went looking for contra-styled versions of holiday carols, straight tempo
and no singing; found enough to round out a December program.
It helps to have editing skills; I'm learning Audacity. Fun to make a tune a lot
longer than presented on a recording, and when you have seven -- oh wait, make it six --
couples for a quadrille, longer pieces are good.
While I've sortof graduated to a laptop with SqView, the CD player and discs are
always in my bag, and sometimes it's a lot easier to use that set-up. (The time I was
set up on the sunny side of a pole barn, with the door open, and bright sunlight flooding
the visual field...CDs.)
My PA is a Fender Passport, the one with six channels so I don't have to swap out gear
when a few musicians show up, or the groom's father hands me a playlist device. It
came with flimsy 25' cables, so I use my heavy 50' ones.
--Karen D.
4:29 a.m.
Karen,
FYI, you can set up a loop in SqView and save it. I have lengthened tunes
that way.
Rich
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 11:10 PM, karendunnam(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
A while back someone suggested CD Baby for downloadable MP3s. I search on
the "contra dance" style, and add further parameters (say, "fiddle
tune,"
or "instrumental"). When the tune lists appear, you can click on titles and
listen to snippets.
Late last year I went looking for contra-styled versions of holiday
carols, straight tempo and no singing; found enough to round out a December
program.
It helps to have editing skills; I'm learning Audacity. Fun to make a tune
a lot longer than presented on a recording, and when you have seven -- oh
wait, make it six -- couples for a quadrille, longer pieces are good.
While I've sortof graduated to a laptop with SqView, the CD player and
discs are always in my bag, and sometimes it's a lot easier to use that
set-up. (The time I was set up on the sunny side of a pole barn, with the
door open, and bright sunlight flooding the visual field...CDs.)
My PA is a Fender Passport, the one with six channels so I don't have to
swap out gear when a few musicians show up, or the groom's father hands me
a playlist device. It came with flimsy 25' cables, so I use my heavy 50'
ones.
--Karen D.
5:05 a.m.
I'd rather just hit PLAY and not have to fiddle around with settings during a dance.
Dammit, I'm a dance caller, not a scratchin' deejay!
Most of my tunes have a definite "feel" with texture, dynamics, instrumentation,
and other nice live music features. For instance, when I do "Opera Reel," the
music sounds different each of the six times through, and there's a huge ritardando on
the final phrase.
SqView also needs a much more readable interface. Seems to be impossible to make the
controls large enough to read...I am using a 10" laptop.
--Karen D.
6:41 p.m.
On 2017-02-07 2029, Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com
[trad-dance-callers] wrote:
Karen,
FYI, you can set up a loop in SqView and save it. I have lengthened
tunes that way.
Rich
On 2017-02-07 2105, karendunnam(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
I'd rather just hit PLAY and not have to fiddle
around with settings
during a dance. Dammit, I'm a dance caller, not a scratchin' deejay!
Had to laugh there. <grin> I've felt the same way on the recent
occasions I've had to find, check, log against or annotate my
dance/music sheet info, vs simply asking for ________.
My SCD teacher friends have all these paired tunes for these dances and
learnt the skill of setting that up. I know others on the list use
recorded music regularly.
I think it's a matter of the transition or preparation to that point the
some of us are going through, or not. My library of selections is
refining itself a bit, for those dances I'm most likely to use
recordings for, so not an awful lot.
Most of my tunes have a definite "feel" with
texture, dynamics,
instrumentation, and other nice live music features. For instance, when
I do "Opera Reel," the music sounds different each of the six times
through, and there's a huge ritardando on the final phrase.
Without putting in the prep time to modify the track I've used the note
sheet and started to mess with SqView a bit to try that loop function.
In the first instance I've had my final turn of "body" sounding music
noted and when I get there hit the Play with the cursor on the beginning
of how ever many times more I need that feel of the music.
A friend, experienced in the way of things Apple has offered to edit my
music files in some application there. I may succumb.
SqView also needs a much more readable interface.
Seems to be impossible
to make the controls large enough to read...I am using a 10" laptop.
--Karen D.
I think anything is going to suffer, in sunlight, for eye sight issues
(for some of us.) I'm interested in what folks use/manage with. My
portable computer is the same 10" netbook style.
Cheers, John
--
J.D. Erskine
Victoria, BC
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