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HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: katlaughing Date: 11 Jul 00 - 03:39 PM Mbo, I know you were being sarcastic the other night when you logged into Hearme as "Mbo - the mic hog", but it will make you a target. I don't happen to agree and I always enjoy what you do in there, but rather than not make any comments after you sing, I will post a "good one" etc. If you don't think I am being sincere about that then you don't know me, yet. If you want a practice session with real critiquing, then say so and we can all get some good tips from one another.
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Amergin Date: 11 Jul 00 - 03:30 PM Mbo, I kinda like you and everything, you are very talented, but grow up. Amergin |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: dwditty Date: 11 Jul 00 - 03:01 PM I have thoroughly enjoyed Mbo's singing and demeanor the few times I have been on. I just wish he had felt better last night so he could sing more. dw |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Jon Freeman Date: 11 Jul 00 - 02:45 PM I agree with you MMario and your comments did lead me to read through this thread again and I can see nothing that should have caused Mbo to suggest that he was personally being accused of being a mic hog. Any subsequent observations were caused by his own remarks. Jon |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: MMario Date: 11 Jul 00 - 02:10 PM hey, guys, yes, Mbo does sing more numbers then a lot of people. however, a lot of them are requests by other people on hearme,( I hope people do understand the concept of a request) AND he spends a LOT more time there then most of us. I have been in a lot of hearme's and have yet to see him "hog" the mike. He takes turns, just like everyone else. However, there are a lot of times when he is the ONLY person willing or able to fill in "dead" air time. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: GUEST,Cordelia Date: 11 Jul 00 - 02:02 PM Is that a promise Mbo or are you just trolling for sympathy? |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Mbo Date: 11 Jul 00 - 01:30 PM Fine. HearYourselves. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Ferrara Date: 11 Jul 00 - 01:19 PM embo, everything in life is a mixed blessing if it's a blessing at all. As I look at this thread, it does seem that you listed a whole lot more songs than anybody else. At our local events, we find that it's better to leave a bit of silence, than to have only the extraverts sing. (Shy people take longer to speak up.) Maybe you could do like doesterr, and make sure you let, say, at least ten minutes go by before you start another song. Leave gaps for the shy people, because nowadays it's hard to get hold of those PowderMilk Biscuits before the hearme session on a Sunday night so they need all the help they can get. All this from someone who listens from the kitchen, most weeks, or hears a fragment of a song as she walks by and stops to hear the rest.... so I do realize it ain't mostly my business. I did sing on Sunday, just coming home from a party I had left because I was too darned tired. So, I did just one song right after I got home. I sang "Mary on the Wild Moor." Learned it from Helen Schneyer's album, "Sacred, Somber and Silly." (I think it was that one.) Who was it said they collect Mary songs? Helen's albums are available from Folk Legacy. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Jul 00 - 10:13 PM HEY YOU! Yeah-- that's right-- you! WE WERE ALL THERE!!! Had us a time, we did! WHERE WERE YOU?????? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Bugsy Date: 10 Jul 00 - 09:38 PM Another quick visit. Sang: To love somebody - Gibb |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Jul 00 - 09:25 PM (Pardon this interruption inserted as a paste-in. Due to system technical difficulties, the keyboard has just locked up and only mouse commands work. This necessitates shutting down and rebooting. However, first I am issuing this message as is, although there is more that would have been added. This message will be completed later when time permits. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 10 Jul 00 - 08:28 PM Seems to me there are always gaps when someone who really wants to sing can jump in. As a personal rule of thumb I try to wait 20 minutes after singing before I even start to look for an opportunity. Sometimes, with a small group (if we ever have any more of those), it's obvious that the turn should come before that. But it's a matter of judgment. In any case, there's no excuse for anyone who wants to sing to complain of not getting a chance, in my opinion. The moderator approach seems to make sense, but it's no fun to do. I've been there, done that, and it's hard. Certainly no one person should be saddled with it for a long time; maybe a half hour at a stint would be all right, and then someone else. But how does that get assigned? Volunteers are hard to come by, from past experience. Last night I sang: Hobo Bill, the Railroad Bum, and The Nightingale. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: katlaughing Date: 10 Jul 00 - 06:47 PM Micca, come in and sing it for us, darlin'! I really like it! |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Ed Pellow Date: 10 Jul 00 - 06:15 PM Hey, I'm not that lonely! |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 10 Jul 00 - 06:13 PM Someone go talk to Ed...I have to go. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Ed Pellow Date: 10 Jul 00 - 05:48 PM Are any of you recent posters going to join hearme? I'm sat there alone just now.. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Noreen Date: 10 Jul 00 - 05:47 PM Catrin- sorry I missed your message earlier but the kitchen called me. Another time I hope? Micca, I love your new composition. When will it be premiered on HearMe? --Noreen |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: GUEST,Grey Wolf Date: 10 Jul 00 - 05:47 PM Mbo, you will be missed (sort of / sniff-sniff-sobs.) Look what you have started now Boy! Any second now, 10,000 messages of patronizing support and well-wishing and people sing' Life is tough, and Life ain't always fair. Get used to it and toughen up, and be a surivior not a wimp. And don't give us this "nobody understands me" she-it. If you're leavin' ---LEAVE. If you're stayin' --STAY. but spare us the grandstanding and fanfare, regardless. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Noreen Date: 10 Jul 00 - 05:41 PM Don't you dare do that Mbo. I think you are being a tad over-sensitive and that the comment was meant to be taken generally- you have taken such things in good humour before. I know a fair bit personally about feeling got-at and I recognise the symptoms. You need a good blast of ELO! --Noreen |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 10 Jul 00 - 05:33 PM Now Mbo, don't be a troll ;] I for one don't like silence and have enjoyed listening to you. But as you know, I prefer the slow celtic airs (fiddle and recorder)...but am learning a lot about some of the newer groups. Mary |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Mbo Date: 10 Jul 00 - 04:43 PM Oh yes, the old mic hog thing again. Like I don't know who you're talking about. Fine. Sit in silence if you want, since you all seem to like it so much. I'm quitting. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: TIME ZONES From: Micca Date: 10 Jul 00 - 04:00 PM I totally enjoyed the experience again after the "saga of the soundcard" and was inspired this morning to write TIME ZONES By Micca Oh its summer time in Britain when its winter down in Sydney And the wild Mountain time Is six hours ahead or twenty? Chorus Do you know, lassie, know? What the time is in Colorado? Or with kat in Wyoming Or Catspaw in Ohio? Do you know, lassie, know? What time is Radio 'Cat? If your Bonnie in Toronto All this complicated math Makes me want to lie down, pronto, Has the Hearme come and gone? While the time I'm spending counting All this trouble with the time zone And my phone bill it is mounting When I first came to this infernal Place I was carefree Now I have become nocturnal And I need a maths degree I am going to get a plug in That will do the calculations Of the Wild Mountain Time And of all the other stations |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: katlaughing Date: 10 Jul 00 - 03:31 PM One thing that would help is for everyone who comes in there, to remember to list beside their name if they have a microphone. That way, if you list it, such as "Alison + mic" then we know who WANTS to sing. Others feel comfy just putting "listening" after their name. That also saves us going round and asking who has a mic and who doesn't, which can get confusing and time-consuming. MaryinKY - one way to read *up* the chat, when it does that, is to enlarge it to your whole screen. It is annoying the way it always jumps down, though, isn't it? Sorcha...get thing out there to her, willya! We want to HearIT!! |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 10 Jul 00 - 03:20 PM As a nonsinger, but regular listener, I've always felt very welcome and comfortable with the protocol. I anticipate more difficulties as the crowd gets larger. It's hard to keep up with the chat with several conversations going at once. And then the blasted chat shifts everytime somebody posts, so it's hard to review previous comments. :-] I like the idea of taking turns according to the list, but it's hard to keep track when so many people are coming and going and so many are like me and don't sing. I think this will eventually evolve into many groups, each with it's own personality. When I get my dulcimer from Sorcha I'll take the plunge and play one song for one person! Mary |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: JenEllen Date: 10 Jul 00 - 03:19 PM TWENTY of you? Gawd, I'm sorry to have missed that! For kat and Micca...the gig went GREAT. Princess Anna Francesca was no trouble at all...and the songs were perfect despite my drugs...:) Learned a new song too...made me think of Arsehole and the troubles of "at least we had Paris.." Have to share it with you all some time! ~Elle |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Jon Freeman Date: 10 Jul 00 - 02:52 PM The daftest thing about it all is I came in as Jon F - listening as I didn't want to sing but ended up singing a couple of songs to try and break up the long periods of silence. I don't know where the answer lies and we have been through the moderator bit before. Surely if nobobody is singing and nobody is doing the hosting/ pushing others into singing, even if a person is feeling a little to shy or polite to just jump in, it is easy to type "I'd like to sing..." in the text box. Jon |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Catrin Date: 10 Jul 00 - 02:49 PM Noreen - I've got five mins - lets have a chat? |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Noreen Date: 10 Jul 00 - 02:45 PM That was some session! Wonderful to have so many talented people to listen to, and such a wide range of music- love it! (Shame I had to leave early, but holidays soon when I can have a lie-in afterwards) --Noreen |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Midchuck Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:38 PM Sorry if I sounded upset. The self-pity was toungue in cheek, but I forget that it doesn't come through that way in print. I actually didn't sing because I was a post-yard-sale basket case. I do think there should be some rule of thumb for determining whether you're "hogging the mike" or not hogging it enough - but people would differ in how much they want to hear any given person, so there's probably no good answer. Peter. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Night Owl Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:11 PM Midchuck...I wondered last night why you didn't sing...sorry you didn't. There were MANY looong silences waiting for someone to take a turn..even with up to twenty participants. There were also repeated requests for anyone who hadn't sung yet to do so next....resulting in more loooong silences. I somehow see you as a "regular" in Hearme and when you didn't respond....was disappointed and "assumed" you didn't want to sing. I think its a fine line we walk in Hearme between putting too much pressure on people to sing who may be shy or tired and simultaneously being sure everyone who wants a turn but is not saying so, takes one. If anything...I often think we're being too "pushy" when we go "begging" for someone to sing. Puhleeze, next time...if you're not comfortable pressing the F9 key during a silence...or in response to a request for someone who hasn't sung yet to take a turn.....can you just type a burp in the chatbox that you'd like to do a song? Wish we had known how you were feeling.... |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: katlaughing Date: 10 Jul 00 - 11:48 AM Midchuck, I am sorry you didn't get a chance to sing for us. I would like to have heard you. It was a big crowd and I was not able to stay for very long. While I was there, there were several times where no one would jump in. I pleaded, others wrote entreaties, I cajoled, we kept asking. Homeless, at one point, wrote the question of what the etiquette was, which we all tried to answer. I wrote that we try to be fair, going round the circle (list) and catching people when they come in, but with no one *moderator* and people in and out for whatever reasons, it can get difficult. I am not sayig any fo this happened when you were in there, but as has been said in an other thread, if no one jumps in, when the call goes out, one who is ready and willing, will jump in, even if they've just been heard. Please come again and just put a note right in the chat, or speak up and say you are ready or will be after so-and-so and we'll love to HearYOU. So, this does beg the question, do we want to go back to trying to have a designated *moderator* for the Sunday night session? If so, are people willing to sign up and stick around? Make the commitment? Or, can we muddle along as we've done and try to be more aware and careful? Thanks, kat |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Mbo Date: 10 Jul 00 - 08:43 AM And a beautiful job she did, I might add! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Homeless Date: 10 Jul 00 - 08:39 AM Trilby sang Jingle Bells Carolina on my Mind - James Taylor |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Catrin Date: 10 Jul 00 - 08:38 AM I was there earlier on and heard Mbo and Llanfair sing. Beautifully eerie sound coming out of my pc speakers. Great fun but I had to get up early this morning so left before it really got going. Oh well. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Morticia Date: 10 Jul 00 - 08:22 AM that was the first time I'd actually been able to participate ( once I got my mic sorted)and did "Dancing at Whitsun" by John Austen Marshall......I had a lot of fun and was able to sleep in this morning...don't know if I could stay up so late on a regular working night. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Midchuck Date: 10 Jul 00 - 08:11 AM I was there for an hour, but never got to sing...sniff...Guess I'm not pushy enough for HearMe...Of course, we were running our yard sale all weekend and I was sort of wrung out... Seems when you have a large group, a little more attention ought to be paid to a fair rotation. If we don't have anyone acting as "stage manager," I would think the civil thing to do would be to ask before singing, "Is there anyone who hasn't sung since I sang last, who wants to now?" But I may be missing something. I often do. It was fun to have Wicked Children on the 'net, though. Peter. |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: dwditty Date: 10 Jul 00 - 08:03 AM One of the things that is so cool about hearme is that you get to read the comments as they go by while you are singing. It is like making non-visual eye contact with the listeners. I've only been on a few times, but already I'm hooked. dw |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: bigchuck Date: 10 Jul 00 - 07:52 AM Great HearMe. I had my family over and we did Angel from Montgomery (sung by my daughter and youngest granddaughter) Finnjenta (Fiddle and Octave Mandolin) Between the Cracks (Tom Russel) Very nice to see so many new folks
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: alison Date: 10 Jul 00 - 03:23 AM unfortunatley not Mary... you can only sing one at a time.. but we have been known to sing a line each thereby doing duets etc..... and we all sing along at home even if the person can't hear us..... it's fun.. give it a try sometime slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: mg Date: 10 Jul 00 - 03:16 AM can you all sing together? would there be a lag? mg |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: alison Date: 10 Jul 00 - 01:42 AM AHA.. I've got one... anyone else out there? |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: alison Date: 10 Jul 00 - 01:25 AM thanks Amergin.... I popped on again to hear the western US-ers who are usually on at this time.... not today though.... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Mbo Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:53 AM I sang (and played): Etude "The Little Elf" --by Carcassi (on classical guitar) Bourree --by De Visee (on classical guitar) Catalan folk song "El Testemen de N'amelia" (on classical guitar) Carolina Mountain Dewe --by Alabama Time In a Bottle --by Jim Croce You're So Great --by Blur The Blues Man --by Hank Williams, Jr. Oh! Darling --by The Beatles Maxwell's Silver Hammer --by The Beatles Come Together --by the Beatles Lorena (on recorder) Morag of Dunvegan (on recorder) There Were Roses (on recorder) --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Amergin Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:35 AM Well, I sang:
All My Life's a Circle (Harry Chapin) Alison I found that link to the page in the Songbook for Whispers and here it is:click here Glad you liked it. I had fun tonight. Looking forward to many more nights!! Amergin |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: SDShad Date: 09 Jul 00 - 11:45 PM As always, so many marvelous performaces tonight! I sang:
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Bill D Date: 09 Jul 00 - 11:27 PM but it is...a few different words...but really close |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Bill D Date: 09 Jul 00 - 11:24 PM I did "The Jolly Miller"..(3 sisters getting their meal ground..) and "There'll Be No Distinction There".. and "The Hermit"...which I am supposed to post if it is not in the DB |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Homeless Date: 09 Jul 00 - 10:52 PM I played (an untitled piece) Star of the County Down Between Worlds |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: alison Date: 09 Jul 00 - 10:39 PM I also sang they sleep in the Shadows - by Spider Tom (they want the lyrics Tom) and Donuts, donuts by gorgeous Gary slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: HEARME NOW - Sunday - July 9th 7pM'cat From: Branwen23 Date: 09 Jul 00 - 10:31 PM you should be able to find a PCMCIA sound card.... I knwo that you can get PCMCIA video cards, why not sound cards? |
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