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17 Oct 00 - 01:16 PM (#320946) Subject: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Uncle Jaque On the basis of recent and popular threads on MC regarding contemporary (much of which seems to be flowing from the creative minds & hearts of contributors to this forum) and traditional Hymns and Gospel/ "Sacred" Music, I can't help but wonder if it might be interesting to set up some mutually convenient time to share our favorites on HearMe. I'm thinking of about 5PM here EST so Californians & other Western US 'Catters could get in on it before too late, especially if it's a work night. Who might want in on it, which time zone they're in, and such will have a lot to do with scheduling. I'm assuming that informally "reserving" HearMe in advance is Kosher, here. Let's see how many "bites" this proposal gets, and where it goes from there... or, as some of us like to say; "As the Lord leads". |
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17 Oct 00 - 03:18 PM (#321056) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: MMario UncleJ - what day of the week? 5 pm Mudcat Time is 10 PM in England; 2 pm California time. |
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17 Oct 00 - 03:19 PM (#321057) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Midchuck I think you got it bassackwards. It's earlier in the west. Five o'clock eastern would be two o'clock on the west coast. Are we assuming limiting this to Christian sacred music? I could work up a hymn to Yog-Sothoth.... Peter. |
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17 Oct 00 - 03:26 PM (#321071) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: John Hardly Very Interested--post a day.--John Hardly |
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17 Oct 00 - 03:27 PM (#321072) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: John Hardly Today's good for me.--John Hardly |
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17 Oct 00 - 11:24 PM (#321490) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Uncle Jaque After momentary reflection and due contemplation, I must confess; you are absoloutely correct in your observation of my bassakwardness. It's a real good thing that I'm not working in the control tower of a major airport; wouldn't be pretty! Is "Mudcat Time" the same as Eastern Standard Time US? What are there, 5 time zones in the continental U.S.? So.. If we start at 9PM EST, that would be (check the math, here) 4PM California? And for ye of the Olde Counterie, that'd be what... 2 the next Morning? I'm not used to thinking all this globally! Perhaps a weekend might be more accomidating? The term "Gospel", IMHO, pretty much implies "Christian", and Lord knows that there is a lot of diversity under that banner! If devotees of other faith traditions want to sing the praises of Allah, Shiva, Moroni, Sidhartha, or who/whatever else, that's a wonderful thing, but they may be more comfortable setting up a seperate and distinct opportunity in which to do that. Heck, I'd be interested in listening in to something like that in the interest of potential consciousness expansion, above and beyond mere idle curiosity. I'd like to think that a few of the "alternative faith tradition" adherants might be listening in to us Christers for much the same reason. Tolerance and open-mindedness rather becomes us, don't ye think? |
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17 Oct 00 - 11:34 PM (#321498) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: wysiwyg Oh gee. Please wait on this till I can come. My computer can't go to HearMe yet. Oh please. I want to be there. My sense of correct policy as understood thus far is that whoever decides to organize a special event in the concert room can set the parameters, and anyone who wishes to attend can do so. I been thinking of a hymn singalong-- where the items led by one or more members would all consist of hymns posted here either in DT or threads, with time for each one attending to open up the words to sing or sing and play along from home. ~S~ |
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18 Oct 00 - 03:37 AM (#321595) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: alison anyone who wants an easy to use time converter...drop me an email and I'll send you one... slainte alison epulse@tpg.com.au |
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18 Oct 00 - 09:17 AM (#321705) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Mrs.Duck Maybe this has been my problem all along I just keep tuning in when the rest of the world is asleep |
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18 Oct 00 - 12:27 PM (#321849) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: WyoWoman Well, this interests me because I do love a lot of these old songs and they're a deep part of my heart. However, I wouldn't be comfortable saying people from other faith traditions can't contribute their songs of spirit, if they want. I think it would be fun to have a night especially for songs of spirit -- e.g. one of my favorite "spirituals" is a Sufi song called "You Are," which describes Spirit better for me than most of the Christian songs I hear. I'm up for singin' -- I'm not up for excludin'. Love and rockets, WW |
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18 Oct 00 - 12:38 PM (#321863) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: WyoWoman sorry -- I didn't complete my thought before sending, a common malady: What I meant to say is that I love the gospel music and if you want a night devoted only to that, I wish you well. If others want to broaden it to include music of other faith traditions, or no-faith-tradition-but-only-faith, then I could host a "Songs for the Spirit" sing-around as well. Let's see what bubbles up and go from there. WW |
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18 Oct 00 - 12:41 PM (#321867) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: SINSULL Even I would enjoy this. Set a time and date. See you. |
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18 Oct 00 - 12:45 PM (#321870) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Tinker Sounds like fun. I'd like to join Wyo Woman, I've found Songs of the Spirit defiy the definitions we tend to comfortably give them. But I'll join in any or all if I can make the time work. Tinker |
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18 Oct 00 - 06:24 PM (#322197) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Burke Uncle Jaque you've got the idea, but the math is still wrong. 9PM EDT is 6PM Pacific. I think the 2AM in England is right. I'll try to come, but I dont' have a mic so all I can do is listen & sing along. |
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18 Oct 00 - 06:34 PM (#322208) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: wysiwyg O no you don't, Burke, get you a mic and prepare to dive in! By the time I straighten out my sound problems you can have a mic all set to go! Fact, it'll motivate me to git after solving it! Huh! Drag me up into the middle of all that singing like you did and YOU have no mic for a hymn sing? Whassup widdat??? *G* ~Susan |
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18 Oct 00 - 11:00 PM (#322386) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: wysiwyg Aw Jaque. I dunno why I am not able to do sound yet, maybe someone can help. It's a 486 just back from repair, new sound card, 33.6K modem, and when I try to use the Real Player I downloaded for radio I get just static, the sound of the modem line it sounds like. I've plugged them lil puppies (speakers) into evey hole I can see back there, and get the static or dead air or nuffin'. Tellya the truth, I ain't tried HearMe yet, I figger it'll be bad too, but I will go there and see. Have not tried to add mic yet either. (Have one at work, I'll bring it home.) Only had this about a week. My CD drive hatch also is bad, it's stuck shut, and I can't install software off CD! And I can't afford to take it back to the shop, cuz first, money, and second, be without even this much communication? Not me! Not when I am about to stop the job that has the GOOD computer! I believe a review of HearMe policies also is in order, the question being whether this will be a regular session at a special time in the regular room, and thus the theme will need to flex to suit whoever shows up, to swap songs. That's a song circle. Or, whether it will be a concert with a determined theme, with one or more performers, in the concert room, which is what that one is there for. See Aine for clarification, but I think I have it right, in a nutshell. It matters to me which it will be. Either is fine, but I want it clear so no one is overly stressed. Especially in an area with so much concern. OK? I say it's up to Jaque, he started this. Jaque, you really can just decide. It does not mean that whatever you decide will be the only such event that can happen. In fact, I'll organize a singalong later, in the concert room, with DT or forum-posted Christian music. Cuz that's what I DO. OK? No fights now. Frankly I am not up to one more fight, slam, or flame at the moment. Don't even look at me cross-eyed. For a bit anyway. ~S~ |
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18 Oct 00 - 11:02 PM (#322390) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: wysiwyg sorry, it's the first of my double-posts that should be deleted ~Idiot
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19 Oct 00 - 03:10 AM (#322496) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Jon Freeman Praise and others, for what it's worth, IMO to tie in line with existing Hearme policy, this event really belongs in the Concert room rather than the regular room. Jon |
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19 Oct 00 - 09:54 PM (#323037) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Uncle Jaque Again, thanks all for suggestions & input. It's beginning to look like a "concert" is where this is evolving towards; I'm a relatively new kid on the block, here, and have limited understanding of the system and protocol - so appreciate all your patient guidance. I'm trying to avoid the stigma of "exclusivity" here, but at the same time sense a need for a certain focus. Most of us know that one of the best ways to strain relationships is to start discussing "religion" or "politics", and there is a reason that many families, employers, and organizations discourage or forbid these themes as topics of conversation. I don't see a lot of inhibition on the part of Mudcatters to pitch right into these or any other potentially controversial topic, and for the most part (with some notable exceptions, as I gather from your postings on this & other threads) 'Catters demonstrate sufficient emotional and intellectual maturity to be able to disagree and debate without compromising their integrity or regard and respect for one another. That phenomenon has not gone unnoticed - or unappreciated - up here in Maine. I'd like to accomidate and facilitate a blessing to as many as possible (I gave up on trying to please everybody a long time ago, and sort of wonder that if I'm not p!$$ing SOMEONE off somewhere, I'm probably being derelict of some moral or spiritual obligation. I just have to be careful, I think, of what kind of people I'm blessing, and what sort I'm irritating. That can be a trick, eh?! Although the "concert" HearMe venue seems appropriate, I don't want anyone feeling excluded because they are not on a select list of "performers"; I like the openness and spontanaity of the regular song-circles, and would hope that any and all - including "drop-ins" who might be inclined to pitch in with a genre-appropriate contribution (WW's offering seems interesting to me), could be free to do so. Does this format seem consistant / compatable with the "concert" venue? "Praise"; I wish that I could be of use to you with your technical issues, but after 3+ years of trying to break into this modern technology (a bit of a stretch for a 19th-Century kinda guy) I'm barely competent to navigate the "web" without getting hurt too badly, and get made a fool of by this contraption daily. No doubt there are computer-Guru 'Catters lurking about who can steer you in the right direction. Let us know when you get re-connected to HearMe so we can proceed. I'm still waiting to hear what day of the week or time (relative to EST?) might work out best for the majority of potential participants. We can be contemplating that while Praise gets her CD drive pried open and her ROM, RAM, and giggabytes all under control. |
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20 Oct 00 - 02:33 AM (#323213) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: WyoWoman I know, Jacque, the gigglebytes perplex me, too. Well, I don't see this as an either/or conversation. Maybe we can have a gospel concert and also have a "songs of/for the spirit" concert, too. If I were to host the latter, what I'd probably do is have maybe a half dozen people volunteer to do three songs from their faith tradition or faith un-tradition, in a performance setting at a particular time and on a particular night, and we'd arrange ahead of time who would be singing what and when, so we'd have an order to the performances and could let one person hold down the F9 button for 15 minutes, then the next person, etc. However you wanted to do the gospel one would be up to you, but I think this is a very large tent, and there's room for all of us here ... ww |
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20 Oct 00 - 02:36 AM (#323214) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: wysiwyg Hard to catch the little buggers with all the giggling. ~S~ |
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20 Oct 00 - 05:02 PM (#323538) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: greenfields I'd like to do this as well--I agree that all faiths included would be god |
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20 Oct 00 - 10:03 PM (#323725) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Uncle Jaque Just read the "Concert" thread, and apparantly "bigchuck" is the official coordinator of MC Concerts. The "default" time seems to be 8:00PM EST on Thursday nights, and those are booked for about a month ahead. In extenuating circumstances, day & time can apparantly be negotiable. I'm still not sure how "spontanious" we can be or if a fairly structured program has to be arranged in advance. Maybe I'll go back and inquire of the "Boss"! At the moment, I am also having a serious HearMe blockage, and tweak as I might with settings, plugins, and properties, alas; 'tis all in vain! If we're gonna do a "concert" as opposed to an informal virtual camp-meeting song-circle, it looks as if we might have until early Dec. to get our systems in order before our turn comes up. |
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21 Oct 00 - 08:55 AM (#323904) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: bigchuck Actually I am just taking responsibility for the basic once a week concert series. Jon has been putting a nice schedule of the series in the Mudcat Hearme concert thread. I see no reason that the concert room couldn't be booked by any catters who want it during any of the off times. After all, the room is there to be used, and I for one would like to see it used as much as possible. I would suggest that Jon and I be made aware of any events scheduled so that they can be shown on the schedule. Have at it folks! Sandy |
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21 Oct 00 - 11:17 AM (#323953) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: WyoWoman December would be a nice time, as we're all sort of snuggling in up here and thinking of our internal state a bit more. Down Under, they'd be thinking of ... what's the Aussie equivalent of mint juleps? I'll be out of pocket for the 14th and the 21st, but otherwise ought to be around ... Let me know what you decide and I'll show up with my music tucked under my arm ... ww |
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24 Oct 00 - 12:52 AM (#325862) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: wysiwyg Finally reached my techie today and he promises to get me up and running on modem speed and sound soon, maybe end of this week. I have to wind up job first and then SLEEP, so maybe I can hand off the unit before I crash and wake up a few days later to a new, improved communicator that can HEARyou. And let you HearMe!!! (If I am brave that is.) Appreciate your patience with me-- you have NO idea how much. ~S~ PS, modem speed achieved today ranged from 1,200 bps (yes!!) to 24,000. See? |
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24 Oct 00 - 09:10 AM (#326005) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Liz the Squeak Sounds great except for that 2.00AM time slot... don't you know all us good Brits are tucked up for the night by then?! LTS |
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24 Oct 00 - 11:38 AM (#326090) Subject: RE: Old Thyme Gospel HearMe Circle? From: Jon Freeman As Bigchuck has said, it helps to be made aware of the events so I can put them in the schedule at the top of the concert page. Also, I am trying to maintain a set of links to threads related to past concerts. Jon |