Hi
Is anyone doing any project for the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo in
June?
I will be doing some regency dance workshops but I was wondering if any of you
are involved in any other projects?
Cheers
Odette
Odette Battarel
Community Projects Manager
Thomas Pocklington Trust
odetteb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
0208 090 9270
07974 578637
www.pocklington-trust.org.uk
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From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Andre Louis
Sent: 16 April 2015 10:23
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] Re: BCAB + Articles
You can't receive payment for posting on Soundcloud unless I'm mistaken. I have
the pro account and you can link to stuff you're selling, sure, but not quite
the same thing.
Cheers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Longly" <gplongly@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 10:14 AM
Subject: [vibe] Re: BCAB + Articles
Hi David
Would sound cloud be an option? Cheers! Graham
-----Original Message-----
From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Andre Louis
Sent: 15 April 2015 20:57
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] Re: BCAB + Articles
Hi David.
If I speak to you about nothing else here, please allow me to gently
suggest
you give CDBaby a complete and utter miss, due to their pricing. I
published
my first album with them in 2009 and they have barely attempted to join
the
competition re pricing, since then. Or at least, in no particularly
discernable way.
Since October 2013 I've been using a much better, and easier-to-use site
called DistroKid, found at:
www.distrokid.com
For a princely sum of only $19.99 per year, you can publish unlimited
albums
and songs, and you keep 100% of the proceeds, sans what the stores
themselves take.
No, I wasn't paid to make this presentation, and I'm not endorsed by the
company in any way shape or form, but I am certainly a happy customer and
I
thought I should at least share this with you and the others that read
this,
in-case it's of any use whatsoever.
Cheers.
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From: "DandGReay" <dandgreay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 8:49 PM
Subject: [vibe] Re: BCAB + Articles
Hi, all,https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1453621101595023&set=vb.138591188836594
As Clive has kindly namechecked me, I thought I'd say hello. I'm David
Reay
(It's pronounced Ray, by the way) and I'm a guitarist. I mainly play jazz
these days, though I've worked in folk and rock as well.
My wife, Gay, is a singer, and we've been broadcast on Radio 2's folk
show
as jazz/folk duo, Galliard. I've played the Soho Pizza Express Jazz Club
amongst other places with Canadian guitarist, Jamie Moore and do a
reasonable number of pub, club and festival dates in the year with jazz
trio
"Threedom", in the band "The Strangers", as mentioned by Clive, and have
a
few other projects going on. The latest band, Gypskazz, mixes gypsy jazz
and
ska with a few other styles thrown in. Some links at the end, if you're
interested.
As regards tech, leaving guitars, amps and FX for another time and the
interested few, I record on a Fostex VF160 16 track hard disc recorder.
When
you can't read the screen, it's a matter of writing out the menus and
counting clicks, except where there's audio feedback, which there often
is.
As Clive mentioned, I'm a big fan of GoldWave for non multi-track
purposes,
accessed using the JAWS screen reader on, of course, a Windows PC. For
recordings for sale I still tend to use professional studios, as I've
never
spent out for a really top quality set of microphones and proper acoustic
treatment isn't ideal for our living room! Chris, I'm interested you're
using ProTools and Logic. Would that be on a Mac using Voiceover?
Things I'm interested in doing in the near future are:
1. Switching from my current website to one I can edit myself. Anyone
know of an accessible hosting service?
2. Getting recordings on downloading and streaming sites. I've been
thinking of using CD Baby for this, and I notice they also have a hosting
service, Host Baby.
Nice to meet you all. Hope to chat more in future.
More links than you could possibly want below:
Promo video Gypskazz fb page:
5&type=2&theater
Gypskazz Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/gypskazz
Threedom Jazz Trio, Dave Reay and Jamie Moore, ReverbNation Page
http://www.reverbnation.com/davereay
Galliard, Strangers et al, Grasshopper Promotions
http://www.grasshopperpromotions.co.uk/
FaceBook Musician Page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dave-Reay/104232833016511
FaceBook Profile
https://www.facebook.com/david.reay.754?ref=tn_tnmn
SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/dave-reay
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/davereayguitar
-----Original Message-----
From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 15 April 2015 16:29
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] BCAB + Articles
HiJames,
BCAB.
One of the main benefits is the 'TechABreak' weekend we hold in October.
Peter did a great session on sound recording last year, and David Reay
gave
us one on Goldwave a couple of years before. Following that, he wrote a
word
document taking people through what's available in Goldwave and how to do
it
all with keystrokes. I believe this is still available to BCAB members in
the 'members only' area of the website. It must be said that not all of
the
seminars at the Techabreak weekend would be relevant to list members,
but
have a browse on www.bcab.org.uk to see more about what we do.
Articles:
I have mixed feelings on whether we should only hold articles which cover
blindness related angles, or whether we should also have more generic
articles on how to write, perform or record music. Perhaps two separate
clusters of articles could be the way to go.
Interestingly, I've been asked to give a talk next year to the European
Association of Piano teacers, because there's a lot out there about how
to
teach classicl piano, and the history of classical piano music, but
they're
increasingly being asked about rock and pop piano and keyboard playing,
and
many of them don't know where to start.
I do think we need to present ourselves as being good at what we do
first,
and visually-impaired second if we are to stand any chance of competing
on
equal terms. The band I belong to also has a blind guitarist (actually
the
guy who wrote the goldwave walk-through for BCAB). Recently our leader
was
interviewed on a local radio station. The interviewer said something
like:
"I believe it's a visually-impaired band, isn't it." To his credit he
retorted with something like: "They're in the band because I can throw
any
new song at them in any key and they pick it up more quickly than anyone
else I know, and they deliver the goods", a polite way of saying we're in
the band on merit, telling the interviewer he was barking up the wrong
tree.
If anyone wants to hear what our band sound like, you can search on
Youtube
for "Ron Trueman Border Strangers", and you'll find quite a few live
clips,
or visit www.grashopperpromotions.co.uk to hear a few samples of studio
recordings.
Best,
Clive
-----Original Message-----
From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Risdon, James
Sent: 15 April 2015 15:46
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] Re: In Reply To: Introduction
Hi Clive,
I use Goldwave and agree it is quite easy. I also like the help files
which
are, on the whole, easy to follow. I didn't know about the extra
resources
for BCAB members, could you elaborate about what else is available
please?
To my great shame, I am not a member, but admire their work.
Cheers, James
-----Original Message-----
From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 15 April 2015 15:18
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] Re: In Reply To: Introduction
Goldwave's pretty good at what it does, and it's pretty near fully
accessible. All of its help fules are accessible, and if you're a British
Computer Association of the Blind member, you have access to a good Word
document giving walk-through of its features.
Best,
Clive
From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Chris Norman
Sent: 15 April 2015 15:08
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] Re: In Reply To: Introduction
Hi Sarah,
I'm afraid you might be stuck with recording with guide as it's quite a
limited piece of software. Where I volunteer we teach people to use
guide,
and it's got nothing so far as I am aware to record with.
That said, if computers aren't your thing, there are a lot of great
hardware
units out there, from tape machines to minidisk recorders to
fully-fledged
digital recording systems. I've just sent a friend of mine a message, and
I'll let you know when I get the answer, but there's a little device made
by
Olympus (not sure of spelling). It's a multitrack recorder, and it's
pretty
well accessible so far as I can tell... I don't think it has speech
output
or anything like that, but I know my friend certainly got a lot of really
good stuff done with it.
It's got reverb and possibly other fx with it too, so you could do some
good
stuff with it.
Sadly, the recording programs for computers aren't easy to use - by their
very nature they're complicated beasts. The one saving grace though, is
that
you can pick your speed.
When I used to record with Garage Band, I used to use the internal
microphone on my Mac, and the On screen Keyboard (which I still love
using).
So I was completely removed from the abstracts of audio devices ETC. Nowa
days I'm more hands-on, with a big audio interface, and I pick inputs,
busses etc, but the point I'm trying to make is that you can choose to
interact as little or not as you like with your chosen software of
choice.
If you're interested in knowing any more, please feel free to ask and
I'll
give you more info - just didn't want to spam the list with this one post
if
it wasn't something you were interested in! :-)
Cheers,
Take care,
Chris Norman
On 15 Apr 2015, at 13:56, Sarah Mellor <sarah_mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
HI Chris,
It was lovely and interesting to read your email and I think its a
great idea to share things about ourselves. our musical backgrounds etc.
I
sing mostly with backing tracks usually covers but I especially love
singing
jazz and songs from the shows. I like singing sixties and seventies to
and
some modern songs so there is something to appeal to all ages. I have a
demo which I hope to use to try and find an agent so I can get more work
at
weddings parties etc and maybe even clubs but I especially enjoy
recording
and would really like to find a way of doing it which is accessible with
guide but so far haven't had any luck and dolphin didn't have any advice
either. I love hearing special effects things like loop peddles etc they
are extremely clever. I'm glad you included the link to your web site
which
I will certainly check out. I hope you enjoy the list as I do.
Take care and best wishes.
Sarah
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