Charles Carpenter of Healing Sounds Provides 5 Resources to Enhance Your Musical Aptitude
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Maryland Folk Festival Ukuleles - Page 6 November 2019 Table of Contents Enhancing Your Musical Aptitude Notes From the President 2 Open Mic List 3 MD Folk Festival Ukuleles 6 Enhance Your Music Aptitude 9 Charles Carpenter Songwriters Showcases 11 Traditional Folk Song Circle 12 of Healing Pull Up A Chair 13 Sounds Provides 5 Sound Post Classifieds 15 Membership Renewal/App 16 Resources To Enhance Your Musical Aptitude (Pages 9,10) Page 2 Notes From The President Greetings, FAME has sponsored Phase II of the Ukulele donation to the Frederick County Public Schools, providing instruments for approximately 7 new classes and 10 in total. The students performed at the Maryland Folk Festival in September and we are looking to have a group perform at some of the holiday shows as well. Speaking of our holiday shows there are several coming up in December. Mike and Shawna Taylor will be hosting the FAME Holiday show at the FSK Mall this year on December 7th from 11-5 pm. We will also be performing a show of holiday tunes at the Performing Arts Factory on December 14th from 7-9 pm and lastly FAME will be sponsoring a holiday show at the Valley Mall in Hagerstown. Stay tune for more information. Don’t forget about our weekly open mic at Serendipity from 7-9 pm, and our monthly open mic at Dublin Roasters the 4th Sunday from 1-3 pm. Finally, we are looking for board members and members at large to assist with events, hosting open mics, leading song circles, etc. be involved and make FAME a leading organization for music in the Frederick and surrounding areas. Board meetings are open to the public, and generally occur the first Wednesday of each month. Sincerely, Sam Ott Follow FAME on Facebook to keep up with current events: https://www.facebook.com/FrederickAcousticFAME/ The new FAME website is up and running with new features in- cluding membership renewal… www.frederickacoustic.org Open Mic List Page 3 Beans Open Mic Pictures Page 4 Sky Stage Open Mic Pictures (Page 1) Page 5 Sky Stage Open Mic Pictures (Page 2) Page 6 Maryland Folk Festival Ukuleles Pictured above is Kyle Grimm, music teacher at Urbana Elementary School, preparing students with ukuleles donated by F.A.M.E for their performance in September at the Maryland Folk Festival in Hagerstown , Maryland. The Serendipity Open Mic Venue Page 7 Page 8 Page 8 October Sunday Songwriters Open Stage Photo Collage by Todd Walker Page 9 Page 9 Apps To Enhance Your Musical Aptitude By Charles Carpenter, Healing Sounds You have everything you need in the palm of thing from the drums to the keyboard. your hand to become the next John Lennon. You can build beats, install new sound Okay, maybe not, but your phone can help packs, and play your masterpieces. This is an excellent app for beginners as well you master your instrument of choice. Want to as kids who are too small to hold a full- pretend you’re a rock god? There’s an app for sized instrument. The app takes its name that. Ready to compose the next Old Town from the fact that it is essentially a full Road? There’s an app for that, too. garage music studio that allows you to learn, record, and share your music from Keep reading for information on apps that can anywhere to anywhere. help you up your music game. But first, make sure that your smartphone can handle all the MusicNotes tools you want and need. If you have the right device, it’ll have plenty of memory for Experienced musicians can take things to downloads and will be fully compatible with a new level by downloading the Music- notes app. This provides instant access to the latest apps. sheet music of all genres, from classical to hard rock and everything in between. Some phones can even help you figure out The best part is that you can access your what song is playing. If you have a Google inspiration from no matter where you are. Pixel 2 or Pixel 2XL, for example, you can The app is compatible with Apple, An- activate Now Playing, a built-in function that droid, Amazon, and Windows devices. automatically tells you what song is blaring in the background. It even stores the name of Yousician every song you’ve listened to so that you can recall them later when you’re ready for a new For music-teacher-crafted lessons, check challenge. out Yousician. This on-demand music learning station helps you connect with expert music teachers who can provide Without further ado, here are five of the best instant feedback. They’ll give both praise apps for adults and children alike to help mas- and constructive suggestions to help you ter and maintain musical skills. be a better player. Currently, Yousician GarageBand provides instruction on guitar, bass, pi- ano, and ukulele as well as voice coach- ing. Direct from the app, you can view For iOS users, there are few apps as fun as step-by-step videos and compete in lead- GarageBand. This program works with Apple erboard challenges. After all, a little devices and lets you try your hand at every- friendly competition (Continued) Apps To Enhance Your Musical Aptitude Page 10 By Charles Carpenter, Healing Sounds is a powerful motivator to excel. that integrates with MIDI, MusicXML, and other programs. Perhaps the most Justin Guitar helpful aspect of MusicScore is that its developers maintain an open forum and Justin Sandercoe is a pioneer in the online often ask for user input and suggestions. music teaching industry. His first lessons, This means that the app is always evolv- which were posted on YouTube back in 2006, ing, making for easy use and customiza- paved the way for the many online teachers of tion. today. Justin’s app and website offer lessons for the beginner. The available music sessions Are you ready to tap further into your are easy to follow for people of all abilities. musical talent? Whether you are a novice or an experienced musician, technology MusicScore makes it possible to access new tools right from your phone. Whether you choose to download apps for professional Built by the open-source community and development or just to give your toddler trusted by schools and choirs across the coun- his first exposure to the arts, you can’t go try, MusicScore is a free music notation app wrong with the five listed above. Songwriters Showcases Page 11 Brewer’s Alley, 2nd Floor, 124 N. Market Street, Frederick, MD Nov 11th — Show begins at 7:30 pm — Nov 11th Featured Songwriter: Victoria Vox Come upstairs at Brewer’s Alley in beautiful, historic, downtown Frederick, Maryland, second Monday evenings (usually) from 7:30 until 10 pm, or so. There is no door charge, but we have “tip buckets” for the featured artists. Come out and support LIVE ORIGINAL music. If you wouldBarry like Bryan information and Armin Hadamer. about playing Photo courtesya cameo of three Barry- songBryan. spot, contact (1) Ron Goad: [email protected], (2) Rod Deacey: [email protected] or (3) Todd C. Walker: [email protected]. Piano Prelude: Peter Roebuck 3-Song Cameos: Rod Deacey, Tomy Wright, Todd Walker Hosts: Rod Deacey, Tomy Wright, Todd Walker Traditional Folk Song Circle (TFSC) by Dori Bailin Page 12 Dublin Roasters, 1780 N. Market Street, Frederick Second Saturday of each month, 1-3 p.m. With many of the regulars away this Turner, Gloria month, the intrepid Song Circle McCracken, Renegades took over. Our first act of Mary Lou civil disobedience, to start our session Davis, visitors with “Take Me Home, Country Road” Agnes, Magali, rather than the usual “You Are My and Riessa, our Sunshine.” brave renegade leaders Ernie We sang a whopping 31 songs mostly Heller and Ed split between the categories of Hard Times and Time and Changes with 6 Haser, and songs each. There were no new songs hostess and presented as we were just lucky to get yours truly Dori Bailin. through the old standards that we knew A defiantly splendid time was had by well. all!! We did pick up on mini themes singing “Yesterday”, “Today”, and “When I’m 64” consecutively, “Lord of the Dance” with “Simple Gifts” and “Sunrise Sunset” with “Those Were the Days”. We sang “If I Had A Hammer” that paid tribute to neither Trini Lopez nor Rick Hill, To visit the Dublin Roasters website click on but would have made Pete Seeger happy the following link: because he was just a happy kinda https://dublinroasterscoffee.com/ guy. We ended our session with a rousing version of “De Colores” led by our visiting friend, Agnes, who also gave us a little history of the song. Aside from Agnes, Magali, and Riessa, who were eloquent, our Spanish was a good endeavor at best. The renegades included Mike Sodos, Barb Collins, Carol Liebman, Robin Page 13 Pull Up A Chair… “Tiny Tim” By Frederick Folklorist During his proverbial 15 minutes of fame in sophomore year. He got a messenger’s job at the late 60’s, Tiny Tim was one of the most the MGM studies in NY in the early 50’s and bizarre spectacles on television. He was a that really lite the flame of his interest in heavy, six-foot-tall man with long, unkempt making music a career. ringlets of hair, an enormous nose and a garish plaid wardrobe who warbled the old- He started playing at a local gay bar in time pop standard “Tip-Toe Through the Greenwich Village under fake names like Tulips” in a shockingly high falsetto while Emmett Swink, Vernon Castle, Texarkana accompanying himself on the ukulele.