I've got more questions than answers. I've been singing with a jazz pianist for 5 years and he isn't tech savy with music. I paid to get some studio recordings done with him and have a demo CD. A lot of people have home studios. I found one by doing a google search. The rate wasn't bad and that included the editing. We did run over on time and that was more money but not too much. I am looking for someone to add the tracks on the demo CD to the 2 songs I have on soundcloud that I made with my digital recorder, an olympus digital recorder with voice guidance. I had a friend who uploaded them but he is being a pain in the butt right now and I don't even want to ask him for help. I am finding out that I am "old fashioned" compared to other singers, preferring to stick to the old jazz standards with just voice and piano. I hope to work with a guitar player I know soon.I don't have a newer computer because the one I use is provided through the company I work for and has administrative settings that wil not allow me to update IE or media player. I have issues using firefox on soundcloud. So, my only suggestion is to find a sighted person in the short term but look for other more tech savvy blind musicians as you are doing. There may be a group on facebook.
Brian Varner (search for Brian Varner and Mike Benjamin on soundcloud to hear the tunes I recorded with the digital recorder) On 4/11/15, Stan Bobbitt via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > My answer has been a laptop ... I get the songs I want from the Internet, > put them in a folder on the laptop, plug the laptop into my sound system, > split JAWS off to my headset/earpiece, select the song I want from the > folder with winamp, windows media player, whatever and sing my heart out. > > StanB > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Coverdell via Jfw > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 2:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: a blind musician requesting help from other blind brothers > andsisters who love to sing and play > > I have been singing gospel and other popular standards in > churches, rest homes, and other small groups for over twenty years. > In the early days, preparing a customized mix for each small group was > easy. Put the cd in the player, put a tape in, and press record. Or I > would put two tapes in a radio, press record and play, and seemlessly > make my mix. > Now, (at least from my point of view), making a mix isn't easy. I > have discovered a program called Cdex, which, when I run it, converts > me files to mp 3's. But where the problem arises is how I can best get > those mp-3 files onto a cd with the fewest and easiest keyboard > commands. The ripping program is mouse-oriented, and can be done by a > sighted person. But what if you want to copy an mp-3 file onto a cd? > And how can that file then be converted into a formatt that can be > played on a standard cd player? For the sake of this I am coining a > phrase radio-ready. How do I convert an mp-3 audio file down-loaded > from the internet onto a cd, with as few steps as possible, > seemlessly, onto a cd and convert it to a radio-ready formatt using > the key-board, by myself? Similarly, how do you convert songs from cd > to cd, also in as few steps as possible? Are there recording machines > that duplicate from cd to cd, so I can maybe avoid the computer? > Please, please respond to this question. It is very urgent. If you are > a musician who struggle with these issues and can share your stories, > please post to the list. If you are a musician who has answer to share > with your questioning brothers and sisters, please post. I sent out a > message earlier this week about Real Player cloud that generated > absolutely no response, and this issue with my music ministry and > accompaniment tracks is even more important. Thank you ahead of time. > > Kindest regards, > > Ryan Coverdell > > > > P.S. If this list is not the best place to post your questions > please tell me that as well. Also, if you are a person with answers, > could you provide your phone number and the time you would be > available so I could maybe talk to you about these things? Again, > thank you for your response. I look forward to starting a lively > discussion among list members who have had a variety of experiences. > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
