BARDIC PRACTICE
PREPARATION
Pre-Performance topics coming soon:
- Documentation
- Memorization
- Practice, Practice, Practice
Harp Tuning by Ear, a handout I presented to a class of the same name at Harpers Retreat 2001, Barony of Stonemarche, East.
Changing Harpstrings, a handout I presented to a class of the same name at Harpers Retreat 2004, Barony of Stonemarche, East.
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PERFORMANCE METHODS
In-Performance tips coming soon:
- Know Thy Audience: Picking the Right Piece
- Engaging the Audience
- Going Up, or, How to Tank Well
- Cup and Chair: Performing for Competitions
[Note: This next section is rather dry, and may offend some who believe the Bard's Art is a pure form which should be untainted by worldly concerns and restrictions. The information herein is practical and intended for performers of original works in both the Knowne World and the Mundane, and for those who wish to perform living artists' original works.]
RESOURCES
Topics coming soon:
- Performance Rights -- Permission and Trust
- Filk Recording in the Context of US Copywright Law
- How to Copywright Original Works
- Internet Publication and Reproduction
[Caveat: The author is not a lawyer. The information herein is merely a record of observations on the business of songwriting and the performing arts, and is not intended as legal advice or counsel of any kind.]
USEFUL LINKS
Music Law
Music Publishers' Association
TITLE 17 - US Copywright Code
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Text 1971)
