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Virtual choir songs, and losing a singer
Nov. 8th, 2021 08:06 pmEarlier this year, I sent in tracks for "The Artistry of Balkan Singing," two virtual choir projects co-run by Kitka and Zado.
Zaspo Janko, I sang the middle (melody) part. Top row, second from right.
( Zaspo Janko video )
Dragana i Slaveja, I sang the middle-high part, with the "second choir," so I'm singing the second line where two choirs trade off.
( Dragana i Slaveja video )
Recording a video track is certainly a learning process! I compared it with signing up for a day-long bike ride. An accomplishment when I'm done, but in the middle of it I wonder what the heck I was thinking. I originally signed up for the high part of Dragana, which is what I usually sing, but after multiple attempts and bursting into tears, I wrote to them that they could have the middle or nothing. They graciously accepted the middle!
( Losing Larry Gordon, founder of Village Harmony )
He wasn't at that 2008 camp, but he was a teacher at several other camps I attended. Great teacher, warm bass voice, and a Balkan dancer. An incalculable loss to a worldwide community of singers.
Zaspo Janko, I sang the middle (melody) part. Top row, second from right.
( Zaspo Janko video )
Dragana i Slaveja, I sang the middle-high part, with the "second choir," so I'm singing the second line where two choirs trade off.
( Dragana i Slaveja video )
Recording a video track is certainly a learning process! I compared it with signing up for a day-long bike ride. An accomplishment when I'm done, but in the middle of it I wonder what the heck I was thinking. I originally signed up for the high part of Dragana, which is what I usually sing, but after multiple attempts and bursting into tears, I wrote to them that they could have the middle or nothing. They graciously accepted the middle!
( Losing Larry Gordon, founder of Village Harmony )
He wasn't at that 2008 camp, but he was a teacher at several other camps I attended. Great teacher, warm bass voice, and a Balkan dancer. An incalculable loss to a worldwide community of singers.
