[MR] Fwd: Learning songs for bardic circles

[Amerie Helton]

Hmmm....could have sworn I hit "reply all"....

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> From: Amerie Helton <ameriehelton at bellsouth.net>
> Date: June 23, 2011 11:06:55 PM EDT
> To: Talorgen nepos Wrguist <talorgen at bardiccircle.org>
> Cc: dervila at pobox.com
> Subject: Re: [MR] Learning songs for bardic circles
>
> Thank you so much, Talorgen. You've saved me a great deal of work  
> and given me somewhere to point people.
>
> There's also the SCA minstrel homepage (http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ 
> minstrel.html) I've only scanned it quickly, but it looks interesting.
>
> Thanks again.
> Dervila
>
> On Jun 23, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Talorgen nepos Wrguist wrote:
>
>> Julitta's learning tapes cannot be re-created due to copyright  
>> issues.
>>
>> The primary issue with creating new versions of the same are still  
>> copyright issues.  Prior to publishing new tapes, we need to  
>> ensure that we have permission from the author(s) of each song as  
>> well as the performance permission of the performer. It can be  
>> done, but it's not a small undertaking.
>>
>> I tend to point folks to cantaria (http://cantaria.org) for the  
>> largest collection of tunes that go with their lyrics that I know  
>> of.  It's not perfect, but it is a good start.
>>
>> I am willing to perform anything which we can get permisison for  
>> and donate those performances to such a project.  I can even  
>> provide space to host it online.  I bet we have other performers  
>> who are also similarly willing.  It's just a matter of getting  
>> permissions from the authors.  Some, like Mistress Ros, are very  
>> simple.  Others, such as Song of the Shieldwall by Malkin Grey and  
>> Peregrine Windrider, are much more difficult.  And then there's  
>> the filks and outright commercial pieces to be careful of.
>>
>> -Tal
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 22:12, Amerie Helton  
>> <ameriehelton at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Hello, tavern goers!
>>
>> Once upon a time, long long ago, in this very kingdom we had  
>> something called "The learning tapes", also called  "Jiletta's  
>> learning tapes" because that's who put them together. These tapes  
>> contained then popular bardic circle songs for people to learn so  
>> they could sing at bardic circles.
>>
>> I've had several people come to me and ask for songs to sing at  
>> bardic circles. Well, I'm twice useless there - I'm a mainly a  
>> storyteller and I have neither words nor music to the songs I *do*  
>> know. So, I'm looking for a set of these learning tapes and/or  
>> new, up-to-date learning tapes. Can anyone help me out here?
>>
>> Thanks ever so much.
>>
>> Yours in song and story,
>> Mistress Dervila
>> Royal Bard of Atlantia
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