Frank Scherbaum from Berlin came to visit by invitation. We tried out larynx microphones in several workshops. How do they work? Could it be useful in the folk song lab project? The idea is to get recordings that don’t have any disturbing sound from others which means being able to identify who is singing whatContinue reading “Larynx microphones and different software”
Category Archives: Session
Methods used @ Folk singing course
Using the Folk Song Lab methods for improvising with new groups are always fun and a joy. Today the methods were used in a session of the folk singing course at ‘Eric Sahlström Institute’ (ESI) in Northern Uppland, some hours driving from Stockholm. The participants were intrigued and throw them self out with different FSL-methodsContinue reading “Methods used @ Folk singing course”
New semester at KMH with folk song lab sessions
Starting off a new semester at KMH also means doing new experiments in folk song lab sessions . Always starting with mirror singing, but also include improvising new ballads or waulking songs or something else. It’s great fun.
Fun at Sommelo festival in Kuhmo, Finland
During one week the participants of the Ballad course at the Sommelo Festival got to try out some of the methods in Folk Song Lab. Story-board ballad and mirror -singing. Participants from Sweden, Finland, Russia, France, Norway did their best to find suitable storys to tell by improvised singing.
Research network meeting, Center for Social Sustainability and KMH
Today Folk Song Lab started a network meeting at KMH with an interactive mirror-singing session and a short presentation of the project. The session created a warm and good discussion climate for the presentations that followed. An interesting day!
Narrative fun
Today we had a session with focus on narrative. Since the session participants had different language background so did the narratives.
Folk Song Lab @ ‘Folk Trad Now’ festival
Great festival with concerts, workshops, seminaries as part of this years Nordtrad-meeting. A lot of things happening at KMH and off course also a session with Folk Song Lab with guest from the nordic and baltic countries and all the way from Ireland. The collaborative improvisation had to be in English!
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