Web extras from the current issue
The Winter 2008 issue of Dulcimer Players News is jam-packed with articles and information, but we had much more stuff (and sheet music) than we could squeeze into 66 pages. So we're making those items available online. Here's what we have this issue...
When you Copy, What is Right? - Dan Landrum
Dan's article about the rights and wrongs of copying music is one from the magazine that we've made downloadable. Click here to read the article.
Arranging Lagrima (and other disasters)
Butch Ross' article about the trials and tribulations of arranging a supposedly "simple" piece of music for the mountain dulcimer is another downloadable item. Click here to read the article.
In addition, you can download his arrangement of "La Partida" for solo dulcimer. Available as a pdf or Tabledit .tef file. (right click and choose "save as" to download the file)
Also
Karen Ashbrook recounts her time at the Hackbrett Weltkongress and brings back a ton of great music, which is available here!
Download sheet music played at the festival:
Rosa (pdf), by Rui Ogawa: Japan
Tarkus Variations (pdf), by Uchihashi arr. Sakimura: Japan
Sakura (pdf), a Japanese traditional song transcribed by Christie Burns: Japan
Muß i' denn zum Städtele hinaus (pdf), a German traditional song performed as the closing song of the gala concert: Germany
Nick Blanton takes over 'technical dulcimer'
Taking the reins from Sam Rizetta, Nick's first foray into the technical dulcimer is a translation of a German article about an unusual and important mediaeval hammered dulcimer, and how to build it. And we've got the plans right here
Sheet music from Rick Fogel
From his groundbreaking album 'Through The Looking Glass', Rick shares the tune Dulce here.
When you Copy, What is Right? - Dan Landrum
Dan's article about the rights and wrongs of copying music is one from the magazine that we've made downloadable. Click here to read the article.
Arranging Lagrima (and other disasters)
Butch Ross' article about the trials and tribulations of arranging a supposedly "simple" piece of music for the mountain dulcimer is another downloadable item. Click here to read the article.
In addition, you can download his arrangement of "La Partida" for solo dulcimer. Available as a pdf or Tabledit .tef file. (right click and choose "save as" to download the file)
Also
Karen Ashbrook recounts her time at the Hackbrett Weltkongress and brings back a ton of great music, which is available here!
Download sheet music played at the festival:
Rosa (pdf), by Rui Ogawa: Japan
Tarkus Variations (pdf), by Uchihashi arr. Sakimura: Japan
Sakura (pdf), a Japanese traditional song transcribed by Christie Burns: Japan
Muß i' denn zum Städtele hinaus (pdf), a German traditional song performed as the closing song of the gala concert: Germany
Nick Blanton takes over 'technical dulcimer'
Taking the reins from Sam Rizetta, Nick's first foray into the technical dulcimer is a translation of a German article about an unusual and important mediaeval hammered dulcimer, and how to build it. And we've got the plans right here
Sheet music from Rick Fogel
From his groundbreaking album 'Through The Looking Glass', Rick shares the tune Dulce here.
posted by Dan Landrum at
12:33 AM
1 Comments:
Dan, that was a great article that you wrote about copyrights - and I couldn't agree with you more. (Or disagree with Pete more.)
Using Pete's mentality - if you're taking a history class for fun and you need some information for a research paper, you should be able to walk into any bookstore and walk out with a small paperback about world history without paying for it: it's not a substantial work, history is based on people that are dead, history is just your hobby, and you're just going to quote it once.
I think another question to Pete is - if you found out that your employer has been underpaying you 15% for the past several years, wouldn't you be angry? Of course you would. Whether you agree with it or not - some people make their living with music, and ultimately only they have the power to decide whether or not they should be paid for one work or another. Copyright laws guarantee their right to make that decision, so whatever flimsy excuse Pete has for not wanting to obey the law is immaterial - in the end he's breaking the law. Think about it this way: you may disagree with the posted speed limit, but you're still guilty when you get pulled over for doing 50 in a school zone. It's the same thing as piracy - it's dangerous, it's selfish, and it's against the law.
I'd like to point out that some artists lose so much money due to piracy that they can't continue putting out music that people want to hear, and that's a tragedy. People like Pete are at fault. Years ago my wife worked for a software company that folded because they didn't copy-protect their software and it became one of the most-pirated pieces of software around. Years later I would see people using it and ask, "Did you pay for that?" The answer was always "No", and I would reply, "Well - because of that you'll never see a new version coming out in the future." Well now I work for a software company that loses a substantial amount of revenue every year due to piracy. We're not about to go under, but I work hard on everything I do - it's not fair when someone steals from my family because simply because it's easy.
Most people don't look at it that way - what if their favorite musical artist stopped making albums because everyone kept swapping their files over the Internet instead of buying them? I keep hearing the "albums are too expensive" argument. Get serious - songs are only 99 cents almost everywhere these days. Sure - the monetary value would add up to a substantial amount pretty quickly when you consider phreaks that rip off hundreds of artists by illegally downloading thousands of songs, but the average Joe or Jane that downloads a song here or there is just as guilty and well within their means of paying for their music.
OK - I'll get off my soapbox now. Once again - great article.
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