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catsittingstillSo I haven't been writing much lately (well, I've actually been writing rather a lot) I haven't been *posting* much lately because my life has been eaten by a couple of concerts that haven't even happened yet.
I've been so terrified--erm, *inspired* by the prospect of giving a concert (two concerts! unless I end up just teaching the kids a few songs; I'm not clear yet on what people want) at CapriCon that I've been practicing a lot, trying to build up my vocal stamina to where I *can* sing for an hour (which I can now mostly do), and get my repertoire arranged and practiced up.
And all that playing and singing and scratching my head over my set list combined with a couple of other factors and I wound up writing a song about Dave (mostly based on the poem I posted).
And then I realized I had a Childrens' Concert (or maybe I was going to teach a song to children) and I remembered a funny post in zencuppa's journal from a few years ago (wow, have I really been doing livejournal that long?) and I wrote another.
And then I remembered that Lois McMaster Bujold was going to be a guest at Capricon and I dug back into my computer files, and sure enough I had this idea for a song about Paladin of Souls; just a part of a verse and a chorus, but maybe I should stare at it for a bit... and I wrote another.
And then I thought I could sure use some more material if they want me to do a children's concert, and I remembered a song idea I had from our Outer Banks trip last summer, and I combed through the computer files, and hmm; I could finish that, and I wrote another.
And then while I was back among those old files I noticed one with a title I only vaguely recognized, so I opened it up, and hey, this is pretty good; it only needs a last verse and a melody, and I wrote another.
And while I was there I noticed a fun little song that I wrote back in.. 97 or so? but never performed, and I pulled it out for the Children's concert.
And I remember an idea I had for a Terry Pratchett song---but that way lies madness. Must...practice...new material!
I have entered more songs in NotePad in the last month than I did in my entire life previous. NotePad is getting easier to use. You can't specify the number of measures per line (which is annoying) but guess what? You can specify the lyric font size. And when you change the lyric font size, you change the number of measures per line.
BTW--Bill, Gretchen? if you've read this far, do you want me to teach songs to children? Or do you want a Children's Concert? I am prepared to dodge either way, even at the last minute; I'm just wondering.
I've been so terrified--erm, *inspired* by the prospect of giving a concert (two concerts! unless I end up just teaching the kids a few songs; I'm not clear yet on what people want) at CapriCon that I've been practicing a lot, trying to build up my vocal stamina to where I *can* sing for an hour (which I can now mostly do), and get my repertoire arranged and practiced up.
And all that playing and singing and scratching my head over my set list combined with a couple of other factors and I wound up writing a song about Dave (mostly based on the poem I posted).
And then I realized I had a Childrens' Concert (or maybe I was going to teach a song to children) and I remembered a funny post in zencuppa's journal from a few years ago (wow, have I really been doing livejournal that long?) and I wrote another.
And then I remembered that Lois McMaster Bujold was going to be a guest at Capricon and I dug back into my computer files, and sure enough I had this idea for a song about Paladin of Souls; just a part of a verse and a chorus, but maybe I should stare at it for a bit... and I wrote another.
And then I thought I could sure use some more material if they want me to do a children's concert, and I remembered a song idea I had from our Outer Banks trip last summer, and I combed through the computer files, and hmm; I could finish that, and I wrote another.
And then while I was back among those old files I noticed one with a title I only vaguely recognized, so I opened it up, and hey, this is pretty good; it only needs a last verse and a melody, and I wrote another.
And while I was there I noticed a fun little song that I wrote back in.. 97 or so? but never performed, and I pulled it out for the Children's concert.
And I remember an idea I had for a Terry Pratchett song---but that way lies madness. Must...practice...new material!
I have entered more songs in NotePad in the last month than I did in my entire life previous. NotePad is getting easier to use. You can't specify the number of measures per line (which is annoying) but guess what? You can specify the lyric font size. And when you change the lyric font size, you change the number of measures per line.
BTW--Bill, Gretchen? if you've read this far, do you want me to teach songs to children? Or do you want a Children's Concert? I am prepared to dodge either way, even at the last minute; I'm just wondering.
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Date: 2007-02-06 05:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-07 01:42 am (UTC)I was going to teach:
The Second Voice (the one about Judy Miller)
Sign Language Lullaby (including the signs, this one may take some time but I think the kids will have fun.)
Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals (a new one)
Mix that Puppy Down (an oldie that I've never performed before)
and a Super Secret Song written especially for this concert.
I intend to have sheet music and lyrics for everything (and chords for some) plus a bonus DVD of the sign language song and a section afterwards where I go through the signs one by one so people can see them better if they want to learn them.
I'm not sure how many copies of the DVD to make, or whether to insist that people tell me they want one before I burn copies at all. I don't want to end up with a bunch of coasters.
Any ideas?
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Date: 2007-02-06 11:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-07 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-06 03:10 pm (UTC)Good luck with the concert(s)!
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Date: 2007-02-07 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-06 03:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-02-07 01:44 am (UTC)Well, right now, Dulcymandias is the third piece in the set. But it's a nice thought.
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Date: 2007-02-06 08:46 pm (UTC)Are you planning on Archon, this year?
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Date: 2007-02-07 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-07 06:13 am (UTC)This reminds me of something that has nothing to do with this post but might be of interest. For all the same reasons that made them a great place to test the first airplane — steady wind and soft sand — the Outer Banks are a great place to hang-glide. If you have ever wished to fly (and I suspect many readers of this journal have), and aren't afraid of heights, you might want to try hang-gliding. Having gone hand-gliding once, I think it's about as close to flying like a flying animal as humans can get in gravity, because you steer with your body rather than through mechanical controls. And, of course, as per wishing to fly, it was a lot of fun.
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Date: 2007-02-07 01:47 pm (UTC)