Dulcimer Club on Paltalk.com

[island-girl]

Dave,
You did GREAT and sounded GOOD!!! I love the little history behind the songs you gave. I like that we are a very diverse group and you never know what is going to pop up. Also please repeat some or all of the songs you played last night. How else are we going to learn them?
hugs,
(Ra)Della

[JohnH]

Island Girl, you are fickle !!! LOL John

[Marshall Thompson]

John, We havent heard from you on the Dulcimer Club in a while I know its middle of the night over there. Would it help if we opened at an additional time that would be convenient for you?

[island-girl]

((((((John))))))
where have ya been??? No one is singing me any sea shanties!!! We sooo miss you in Paltalk!! I understand there is a web based version too!!!! Hope you find your way back across the pond soon!!!!!
Hugs,
your,
cheerleader!!

[dholeton]

Thanks Della
I had worked to get a microphone arrangement that was compatible with Paltalk but when I tested it on the Paltalk microphone checking tool it sounded garbled. The mic sounded okay for Audacity on my computer, so I decided maybe the mic checking tool was working at a low sample rate and I counted on better throughput going live in the chat room. Also, when I can't hear myself when I'm mic'd, I don't know if I'm too loud. Other than a click every now and then from the advertisement downloads, I think the system worked very good.

Learning about the history of the songs is something I've just started doing in the last 3 or 4 years. I search the internet and try to find the composer of an old song I want to learn. Often, I find a lot of history either on the song, composer, or both and the history often begs to be repeated.

I think it was a very diverse group, too. We played/sang folk, gospel, country, rock, bluegrass, old time, and celtic songs along with some songs from some other genres that I don't know how to classify. You played some neat ones I've never heard played on dulcimer before also.
Thanks
Dave

[JohnH]

Mat! Thank you for the thought, I would not want to put you all out. I do keep trying to reach you , it,s a relaxed place to be, (even tho' its the middle of the night here!) I nearly got there on the 3rd Aug, at what would have been about 45 mins into the session, I could for a while hear YOU playing and singing 'Silkie',but not see the control panel or any written comment. It appears that my Adobe Flash Plugin does not want to work with the paltalk site. That coupled with my poor understanding of computers is what is keeping me away. Still, you will get a good imput from Dave H now that he is with you.

My best wishes to you all
(keep an eye on Della for me)
JohnH

[dholeton]

Thanks for your kind words John H. But alas, I learned today I may be traveling on Tuesday next week and probably won't be able to join.

Dave

[modulcimer]

Just a reminder that tomorrow night August 17th the Dulcimer Club on paltalkscene will be open... start time...8p est, 7p cst, 6p mst, 5p pst ..stop by and play a tune or 2.. or just sit a spell and listen. ya'll come ya here...

[Marshall Thompson]

See yall there ixxxxxxxxf the creek dont riseXXXXXor the computer dont crash.

[dholeton]

Thanks Rod and Marshall
My travel requirements moved to tomorrow so I'm planning to attend this evening.
Dave

[Marshall Thompson]

REMINDER Dulcimer Club on paltalkscene.com meets tomorrow night, Tues. Aug. 24 at 8:00 PM eastern. Everyone is welcome to come play dulcimer or other acoustic instrument and or sing.or just listen if you wish.
Marshall

[dholeton]

Thanks for the reminder Marshall
I'm planning on being there! Tuesday don't come often enough!
Dave