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CONTENTS: Sound/Recording
Studios Proposal
re the Creation of a Lower Mainland (BC, Canada) Ethnic Worship
Recording Team ESTANIA AmPRO DIRECT - The Mission at AmPro Direct is to provide you with the finest quality product at competitive prices with outstanding service. Our commitment is to the local church and itinerant ministries in the arena of Professional Sound Systems, Consulting, Training, Cassette Duplication Supplies, and Video Tape Duplication Supplies.A no-nonsense approach to a maze of sound options Audio Resource Guide by AD2000 Movement Canadian Recording Studio Guide Christian Audio Resource Directory ClubNashville.Com Country Music Community Christian & Gospel COMPOSING MUSIC USING COMPUTERS Composing Music Using Computers Includes: Welcome To A Brave New (Musical) World Understanding MIDI Understanding Digital Audio Making Music using MIDI and Digital Audio Other articles in this series: Your First MIDI Studio Organizing Your MIDI Studio Cre8tiv.com - resources for musicians involved in recording, etc. (Christian) CREATIVE CHRISTIAN great info for independant ministries and artists CRESCENDO free internet music player for MIDI and MP3 files DAT, Cassette, MINIDisc Donald Griffins Computer Music Consulting EXCELLENT SITE!! Duplicators of CDs and Cassettes EDIROL - online product/information catalog by Roland Music Faith Music Missions is a ministry of Boeke Road Baptist Church Indiana - and is dedicated to recording music cassette tapes for Independent Fundamental Bible believing people. It is our desire to be a blessing and encouragement and to lift up the name of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." John 12:32 - faith@evansville.net Fast Guide to Cubebase VST FREE Christian & Gospel Music Recording!!! FREE Downloads: Includes: MidiSoft Worship Studio / MidiSoft Studio <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> FREE Notation Software <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Coda Music (maker of Finale, Finale Allegro and PrintMusic) will let you download a copy of NotePad ($19.95 value) for FREE. This is a scaled-down notation software. It will allow you to input notes with your mouse, transpose, put in one line of lyrics.... If you don't currently use notation software, this could be a good starter software. Or, download one to "give" your kids for Christmas. If you want a CD-ROM with the software, I may be able to get some. There will be a small fee for this (probably $5 which includes shipping charges). To download the software, just click on the link here. Beverly Sumter, Christian Computer Concepts, http://www.christiancomputer.com beverly@christiancomputer.com ---------- FREE Recording newsletter tips, etc. Architects on Sound - How to balance sound against other critical ingredients of building design - Randy Bishop Guidelines for the Use of Audio Visual Equipment Guidelines For Making Broadcast-Quality Tape Recordings Home Recording Packages How do you select a GOOD recording studio? INCUBATOR Records - The record label devoted to emerging Christian artists serving the North American platform. INSPIRATION Technology Conferences technologies for worship ministries Make A Recording (Christian) - Are you interested in recording and distributing your music? This is the place to find people who can help. Locate studios, arrangers, producers, graphic artists, video producers, cassette and compact disc manufacturers and music distributors and more Making Broadcast-Quality Tape Recordings Masterpeace Recording Studio Microphone Placement - article Microphone Survey MIDI Recording Website Mixing Hints article Music Software Shareware ===================================== MY TONGUE IS THE PEN: How Audiocassettes Can Serve the Non-Reading World - Marilyn Malmstrom ===================================== This book emphasizes the importance of the integration of audio activities into the overall strategy of literacy and language development. It is designed to meet the growing need for documentation on the why's and how's of audiocassette usage. In many language groups, the illiteracy rates remain high, despite yers of literacy efforts. The challenge comes in trying to find ways and methods to provide teaching and training that will attract and build up a community while encouraging further literacy. In recent years, the need to include traditional and modern nonprint media has become more evident. More and more people are using a variety of nonprint media forms with a great deal of success. MY TONGUE IS THE PEN makes available the principles needed to successfully include an appropriate audiocassette program in a language program strategy. The presentation allows for the kind of flexibility needed to make the audio element in a program effective in a given language community. ISBN: 0-88312-812-8 To order: SIL, International Academic Bookstore, 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas, TX 75236 NOTE: There are also principles in this book which apply to the development and utilization of various forms of media to reach the unreached through music and the arts. There are millions of non-readers who may not ever have the chance to become literate, but who are able to relate to an appropriate presentation of the Gospel through music and the arts. Noteworthy Composer Software - NoteWorthy Composer is a software music composition and notation processor for Windows. It allows you to create, record, edit, print and play back your own musical scores Noteworthy Composer is supposedly an excellent shareware composition program that will do the job - full registration only $39) Recording Forums: = Welcome to Recording sponsored by the Christian Music Place at http://www.christianmusic.org/cmp/, the Christian Events Directory at http://placetogo.com/christianevents and the Christian Place To Go at http://placetogo.com/christian. = The Develop Your Talent Forum http://christianmusic.org/cmp/talentforum This is a place to find information and ask questions about getting bookings, recording contracts, publishing and more. = The Equip Yourself Forum http://christianmusic.org/cmp/equipforum, This forum looks at all the elements of live performances - lights, sound, musicians and more. If you are a band in search of a musician or vocalist, you can post a notice at this forum. Recording Recording articles Recording Magazine Reducing Feedback article Reflection Christian Music Resources MIDI EXPLANATIONS Sensible Sound - A no-nonsense approach to a maze of sound options - by Scott Stephens Sequencers Seven Steps to Great Sound - article --------- SOFTWARE RESOURCES FOR WORSHIP MUSICIANS: - from the Global Worship Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For worship leaders and musicians involved in western approaches to arranging and writing music, there are two excellent tools at reasonable prices that many will find useful. The first tool creates "auto-arrangements" of music that can be played through the computer sound card or midi system. The other program is a greatly simplified version of Finale, the most successful software notation program of all time. Both programs are under U$75. Resource #1: BAND IN A BOX: (Excerpts from product reviews) ------------------------------------------ Creative computer music software applications are bordering on true artificial intelligence. One of the most useful software application of all time for musicians and music educators is Band-in-a-Box by PG Music. The software can generate play-along accompaniments in several musical styles and in any key and tempo in a matter of seconds.. This versatile program can generate drum, bass and various instrumental accompaniment styles, based on a chosen Style and your choice of chords. It can also harmonize solo lines, or even improvise solos. You construct a Song by entering chords onto the Worksheet bar window. The screen is pre-divided into bars and beats, so just put in the chords at the correct bar. You then define the key, the tempo, and a performance style. You then 'frame' the song by marking the beginning and end of the chorus, and how many times to loop (repeat). There are good basic score-printing facilities as well. Each part in the arrangement can get printed. The program is an ideal teaching and practicing tool. Musicians can study contemporary styles by muting all parts and listening to drum or bass lines, or other instruments of the various styles. Worship musicians needing to make a quick backing track for a worship song will find the program can save hours of arranging and sequencing time. There are many built in styles that are suitable for worship settings. Also, in response to many demands, a special styles disk for praise and worship has just been released. (For more information, contact PG Music ------------ Resource #2: FINALE PRINT MUSIC: (From the PrintMusic press release) --------------------------------------------------- Anyone wishing to create, play and print sheet music easily and quickly for a low price now has one of the best products ever available to get them started: Finale PrintMusic! for Windows from Coda Music Technology. Based on Finale, the world's best-selling music notation software, PrintMusic! for Windows provides an affordable way to create quality sheet music just like the world's top publishers. PrintMusic! for Windows is the easiest and most powerful entry-level notation product on the market. PrintMusic! is easy to learn, and it also has QuickStart video tips that show first-time users all the basics right on the screen. While it is easy to create music "from scratch", the program also comes loaded with over 100 free music pieces to arrange and print as a quick way to get started. It is also capable of helping users download and print thousands of free MIDI files from the Internet. Worship musicians needing to make quick "lead" sheets or easy praise band arrangements will find the product very easy to use. Notation programs provide a quick and excellent tool to not only create readable music but also to instantly transpose your song into any key. (For more information: contact Coda Music: ------------ Lets Hear It for Great Sound - Solutions for the top 10 sound problems in churches * Sound Advice Training Handbook For more info, contact: David Cherry, Ambassador Productions - ampro@texas.net - The Sound Advice Training Handbook is a tool they developed specifically for the church sound operator. It has served as the outline for the Sound Advice Seminar that they conduct in churches around the country. Ambassador Productions serves churches and itinerant ministries in the arena of pro-audio, tape duplication supplies and computing. We serve only those in active ministry. Sounds of Gospel Recordings - bi-monthly newsletter SOUND ON SOUND Hi tech recording magazine online Technical Articles for Recording Studios - Bobby Nathan's Keyboard Magazine "In The Studio" Articles 1 Sync Tone and Click Track on Tape 2 Understanding S.M.P.T.E. 3 Looking For The Perfect Sample 4 Making Your Demos Count 5 Using The SBX-80 6 Using Echo, Delay and etc. 7 Using Pre-Delay and Reverb 8 & 9 Acoustic Piano Miking Techniques 10 Keyboards and Compressor/Limiters 11 Interfacing Keyboards 12 Choosing A Mixer Pt I 13 Choosing A Mixer Pt II 14 Build Your Own Patch Bay 15 Making The Most Out Of Midi 16 Tape Recorder Mainainence Tips 17 What Happened to The Linn 9000 18 Using Noise Gates with Keyboards Part I 19 Using Noise gates With Keyboards - Part II 20 Sampling For The Future 21 & 22 Making Synthesizers Stereo 23 Understanding Levels 24 Tips on Soundproofing 25 Tape Editing Primer Part 1 26 Tape Editing Primer Part II 27 & 28 Understanding Automation 29 Keeping Track Of Your Tracks 30 - Rack Mounting Your Gear 31 - Surviving in the Midi Era Technologies for Worship MAGAZINE (online) Technologies for Worship Ministries - -------------------- THE CATALYST LIBRARY - Tools for Encouraging the Growth of Indigenous Hymnody" by Brian Schrag, June 1997 - for more info contact Ethnomusicology Dept., SIL, 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75326. To order: ethnomusicology@sil.org **Note: Catalyst A includes some thoughts on recording indigenous hymnody. It's a library of "Catalysts" - a library of short, structured papers, each which describe a single activity -or Catalyst- that may be used to encourage the use of indigenous hymnody in a given situation. The library includes supporting materials to aid in the research necessary to implement the Catalysts. It's a library of tools and descriptions of activities that have worked. Some basics - more details available if you contact above email address: 1. Background Research. Analyze a situation in terms of elements which are conducive, and elements which act as barriers, to Christian musical creativity. 2. Choice. Choose existing-or create new-Catalysts to capitalize on the strengths, and overcome the barriers of the specific situation. 3. Application. Apply the Catalyst in an effective, efficient, way which will reduce the chance of negative side effects. 4. Review. Review results, checking for acceptance and integration, and modify plan accordingly. About 60 pages. Establishing a Commercial Cassette Program Apprenticeships Commissioning Scripture Songs Church Music News and Information Periodical Psalms Workshops Scripture Use Workshops Working with an Existing Worship Group Researching Song Genres Ideas for Data Collection Biblical Imperatives Regarding Making Music Classification of Instruments: Organology Cultural Aspects of Music Preliminary Thoughts on Evaluating Hymns and Music Styles for Church Use Just For Fun: Introductory Field Projects in Ethnic Music for the Non-Musician Musical Glossary Musical Observations Analysis and Recommendations: A Practical Application Preliminary Cultural Description of a Musical Event Sociomusical Questionnaire Song Genres - Check List for Initial Investigation Ten Principles for Intercultural Community Work Statement of Ethnomusicological Relevance Examples of Ethnomusicological Relevance Working Bibliography MUSICIANS overview - ie. who are the musicians in the society? MUSICAL INSTRUMENT overview - ie. what kinds of musical instruments are there? ----------- The Desktop CD Burner article ***THE HOME RECORDING WEB SITE The Musicians Guide to Making and Selling your Own CDs and Cassettes Jana Stanfield The Mysterious Art of Bodymic Placement - article The 7 Most Important Audio Questions - article TLP Sound Specializing in Church Sound Systems Using Automatic Mixers article Using Mics and a Sound System CONTENTS ============= -------------------- Download programs Music Ease Software Musicians Friend download programs Ie. Cakewalk, etc. Sound Utilities FREE software Software sites CONTENTS =============== MINISTRIES =========== GALCOM INTERNATIONAL - Providing durable technical equipment for communicating the Gospel worldwide including hand-cranked tape recorders!! GLOBAL RECORDINGS NETWORK - Audio evangelism tools in 5339 languages Heart Sounds International -- Heart Sounds International releasing worship among all peoples Who we are: ----------- Heart Sounds International (HSI) is a fellowship of trained worship musicians and recording engineers committed to seeing God release the "heart worship" of people groups and churches. We accomplish this through * Teaching in biblical principles of worship * Training local musicians to apply their God-given compositional abilities to write their own indigenous worship songs * Recording local believers using state-of-the-art digital recording equipment * Installing recording facilities for local Christian musicians to continue their own worship recording projects Where we go: ------------ HSI teams work predominantly in the non-western world. We are particularly committed to helping believers in the more restricted places of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. What we do: ----------- HSI leadership form teams of worship musicians and recording engineers to take 10-12 day "mission trips" to help in teaching, training, recording or installing of facilities. How we are funded: ------------------- Each musician on the team donates his time, covers his/her own travel costs and when possible contributes equipment to the projects. HSI leadership seek donations of funds and equipment for the various training or recording events. HSI projects are linked to many mission agencies and churches. ----------- MULTI-LANGUAGE MEDIA -- A RESOURCE FOR INDIGENOUS WORSHIP TAPES: In the MLM catalog are cassettes and a few CDs that circle the globe. This is an ideal way to learn how the Christians sing and worship in different parts of the world. It is also an ideal way to provide materials to encourage believers from these parts of the world. Finally, these recordings provide an effective, low-key way to introduce the Gospel to non-believers from the nations and cultures represented in the recordings. For information on ordering a catalog, use the following email address: mlminfo@multilanguage.com, or visit their web site STUDIO 10 - Another recording initiative is the Studio TEN Ministries (Testimony to Every Nation) The mission of Studio TEN is "to Proclaim the gospel of Christ and partner with Church planters to establish vibrant worshiping Churches, encourage, disciple and facilitate a culturally relevant expression of worship beginning in the most oppressed and least evangelized nations. The ministry objectives include establishing A/V recording studios in strategic locations for maximum impact with the view to provide training for indigenous worship leaders, song writers, musicians and Audio/Visual recording technicians; as well as produce high quality, culturally relevant recorded media that presents Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The first studio is located in a strategically-located country in Asia. For more info, contact Dan Ingle. Studio1040@aol.com ***VERNACULAR MEDIA SERVICES - Wycliffe - VMS Brings the Word to the World In a Culturally Relevant Way - "Vernacular" means the local language or mother-tongue. "Media" is the path used to bring a message. Vernacular media specialists help Wycliffe and national translators use media tools that are culturally appropriate. The media tools are like salt, making people thirsty for God's Word. Scripture may be presented in the local language on video or audiocassette, or in radio programs, dance or drama. These tools help establish a bridge for oral cultures to understand the Word of God. -- Vision Statement - Vernacular Media Services (VMS) exists to provide a well functioning infrastructure through which the use of vernacular media tools will be effectively applied in Bible translation programs. Our purpose is to enhance and encourage the use of vernacular literature, particularly the Scriptures, and to provide a vehicle for the non-reading population that is Biblically accurate, culturally appropriate and designed to give local ownership. CONTENTS ============= STORIES ========= African Studio Launches First Worship CD PANAMA: WOUNAAN TRIBE EXPERIENCES WORSHIP EXPLOSION Promoting Indigenous Worship with Mission Recording Studios Recording Studios in Restricted Access Nations CONTENTS ================ TRAINING ======== Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences - (secular) audiorecordingschool.com Eastern Nazarene College - courses in sound/recording, and related topics, etc. * Sound Advice Training Handbook For more info, contact: David Cherry, Ambassador Productions - ampro@texas.net - The Sound Advice Training Handbook is a tool they developed specifically for the church sound operator. It has served as the outline for the Sound Advice Seminar that they conduct in churches around the country. Ambassador Productions serves churches and itinerant ministries in the arena of pro-audio, tape duplication supplies and computing. We serve only those in active ministry. ------------------ Recording and Sound Reinforcement course/program at Prairie Bible College Prairie Bible College offers a "Recording and Sound Reinforcement" option as an area of concentration within the Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts degree, one of the programs in the Fine Arts Department of the college. This program will prepare you to enter the world of professional audio production. Through the seminars and trips, students in the program are able to make contacts with industry leaders and artists. Courses in this track include: microphone and recording techniques, 24/48 track mixing and production, signal processing, digital editing and assembly, songwriting, business, copyright and radio production. Graduates from the program will have their own mutli-track recorder, 100 hour (minimum) in a professional sound studio, 400 hours (minimum) of sound reinforcement experience, experience as a 2nd and 1st engineer on an album, and experience as a producer, with 100 free copies of the product, 10 song demos, trial subscriptions to industry magazines, interesting possibilities and contacts, and a professional portfolio. Details on costs and curriculum are available from the Fine Arts Department, Prairie Bible College, P.O. Box 4000, Three Hills, AB T0M 2N0. Phone: 403-443-5511, ext. 3047 Email: finearts@pbi.ab.ca Program co-ordinator: James Janzen LIVE SOUND AND PRODUCTION course - Briercrest Bible College - Saskatchewan, Canada - ------------------ Sound Product Christian course Studio Recording Techniques - Christian course RECORDING........Guidelines For Making Broadcast-Quality Tape Recordings of Your Worship Services Cakewalk Home Recording Studio Heart Sounds International Technical Articles for the Recording Studio - How To's...........SOUND A no-nonsense approach to a maze of sound options Can Wireless Mics Liberate Your Ministry? How to Pick an Amplifier Internet SOUND Inst. Poorly Placed Speakers Can Muffle Your Message Seven Steps to Great Sound Sound: How to Warm Up Visiting Performers Wireless Mics To be added: Article by Frank Fortunato |
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