You can not only access the Web Calendar for Run Through Meetings, but you can add the calendar to your Apple or Android Calendar if you use either of those smartphones.
If you can't make it to a run-through, Ted Blank has created a useful tutorial on how to record yourself and test those recordings using Audacity. That page has a good short summary, and greater details in a link.
I had the pleasure of testing my new-found music knowledge with other NEHB attendees twice last week: once after the Vocal Revolution rehearsal on Thursday (using books), and another after one of our performances as I rode with a friend back home (from memory). Fun to see how far we have come in a short time, interesting to see how far from note-and-word perfect I am. :-)
If you want to buy learning tracks for other parts, those can be made available to you. Pricing is as follows for registered attendees and members for NEHB 2018 (meaning you already have the rights to the music):
- Download Only - $15 per part.
- CD and Download - $17 per part, plus $3 shipping.
Order via your friendly neighborhood VP of Music, Will.
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Blackbird....
My lesson on Blackbird this week, after trying it out - is that the Bass really does control the rhythm of the song, more than the lead does. You have to know your parts and pickups, and you have to be strong on your breathing. I'm still working that out.
We all know the Beatles created and recorded this song - here's a recording.
Stories vary about what the song means or why it was written, but a consistent tale is that it was inspired by problems with US race relations in 1968. (See Wikipedia for details.)
This song has been covered countless times in many styles. For the barbershop style, this arrangement was made most famous by Ringmasters. This performance has a slightly different interpretation in the lead than our learning tracks.
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