Re: Harmony workshop at Orycon

>Matthew Dockrey wrote:
>> I would be interested in a 'music theory for dummies' panel.

I feel compelled to add that this must be because Fishy is tired of me saying "I don't know... you just HEAR it!" :) But seriously, I think that too would be a really good idea.

I agree with Saturday late morning or afternoon for both a harmony workshop and a music theory panel.

John C. Bunnell wrote:
> # what room would be best for this (and what would *not* work)?
> (I'm thinking of the pluses and minuses of this being one of the
> "small group" activities often put into a quarter-portion of the
> Riverview Ballroom (or whatever it's called now.)

I'd emphatically suggest that it *not* be a corner of a large ballroom with other stuff going on in it. Not for the harmony one, at any rate. This workshop will rely a great deal on everyone being able to hear clearly what's going on-- it's hard enough to pick out what 4 different voices are doing even when they're the only sound in the room, let alone when there's other talking and noise and a large echo-y space! And, too, we'd be singing, which might distract the other small groups from whatever *they're* doing. I really think we'd need to be the only workshop in the room for this-- which means one of the regular panel/conference rooms like we usually have for the songwriting panel and other filk panels.

I'm still tickled by the idea of participating on a panel, but I don't have quite the background of Anne or others-- I mostly just go by what I hear. On the other hand, it might be good to have someone talking about things in less technical terms. It sounds like at this rate, though, we'll have more panelists than guests!

Michelle Hansard
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"I wrote a song, but I can't read music so I don't know what it is. Every once in a while I'll be listening to the radio and I say, 'I think I might have written that.'" --Stephen Wright Received on 04/24/00