artsyhonker / Kathryn @artsyhonker@sonomu.club

Hey, sometime after I finish my PhD...

...would anyone be interested in being in a Fediverse Virtual Choir to sing some of my work so I can put recordings online?

Eric Whitacre did this (not on the Fediverse) and it worked super well. I... definitely don't have his resources, but I can probably film a conducting track that people can sing to.

I'm a choral composer; I like to release my music under free culture licences, usually CC by-SA.

I'm working on a PhD in contemporary sacred choral composition.

I'm neurodivergent, and I have multiple healthcrap issues. I'm a migrant. I'm Christian.

You can find my work at http://www.artsyhonker.net/ and fund it at http://www.artsyhonker.net/support

I also run Cecilia's List, a project to highlight Christian sacred music composed by people who are not men. That's very much on the back burner for the time being because of PhD stuff, though.

http://www.ceciliaslist.org

New rule:

You don't get to say "oh, you could sell that on Etsy/set up a Patreon/write an e-book and sell it/etc" unless you promise to buy stuff from the person you are saying it to, at a price that pays them a living wage for their time *after* material and admin costs.

I'd say "I don't make the rules" but I totally just made a rule, there, so.

Video from my parish priest for the start of Passiontide in these strange times:
https://youtu.be/I7xI0pY3xlo

I've just written a hymn tune; does anyone want to write a text for it?

Details:
https://artsyhonker.dreamwidth.org/65429.html

In general I prefer to work with CC by-SA texts.

Anyone know if this is legit?
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/welsh-doctor-uses-military-experience-17970315

I think some of the issue is around very poor messaging by the gov't -- isolation period was 7 days, then 14. Advice has varied from "don't go outside" to "walks are fine". I *still* don't know where to go for actual up-to-date instructions, which is not a good sign as I've been looking!

But some of that is deeper than that and I can't put my finger on what's going on.

My church is setting up (has set up?) a non-contact, non-referral food bank. I spent time today sowing seeds for the Soup Garden (which grows veg for the soup kitchen -- currently operating on a takeaway-only basis). I sent the other half of the seeds to the vicar so she could get things into the ground in the churchyard, so, she was also gardening today.

It's super discouraging to realise so many people in this city are entirely failing at social distancing.

bother forgot to CW jussec

Tomorrow, I'm going to try not to think about COVID-19 so much. I'm not going to read about it online. I'm not going to talk about it online, or with my spouse.

To achieve this, I'll probably be mostly offline. I'm streaming Compline against 8pm GMT but otherwise will be here even more minimally than usual.

This is serious and it's important to pay attention, but I'm also already doing all I can. I need mental space for other things. I need rest and Sabbath.

So, I have a Bandcamp page with some old recordings on it:
http://artsyhonker.bandcamp.com

But my brother's band is *also* there! COVID-19 stuff is hitting him pretty hard, both of his dayjobs have dwindled to almost nothing.
http://ponytails.bandcamp.com

I'll be livestreaming Compline again tonight at 8pm GMT. I think I've fixed the problem that made last time so buffery.

https://youtu.be/tiy6LkZyroA for the video, http://www.artsyhonker.net/virtual-compline for more details.

Please join me if you want to. We may not be able to gather, but we can still pray together.

(It's a Christian service, but you don't have to be Christian to join in.)

Livestreaming #Compline again tonight at 8pm GMT: https://youtu.be/7ZLJSPuHl-U

If you want to make a donation, see http://www.justgiving.com/campaign/sjebp-covid19