In a nationwide crackdown, the music industry is sending thousands more copyright complaints to universities this school year than last. In some cases, students are targeted for allegedly sharing a single mp3 file online. Read CNN Article.
Definition of Internet Troll
Often I see forum members who are actively trolling and when confronted with this respond: “What is trolling? I’m not aware of what that is.” I think their response is genuine. So here is a fairly detailed definition of trolling. It usually applies to online communities. The act of trollling also consists of entering communities where the member is full aware their involvement is not appropriate.
Definition of Internet Troll and Online Trolling
In Internet terminology, a troll is a person who enters an established community such as an online discussion forum and intentionally tries to cause disruption, often in the form of posting messages that are inflammatory, insulting, incorrect, inaccurate, absurd, or off-topic, with the intent of provoking a reaction from others. Trolls can also be existing members of such a community that rarely post and often contribute no useful information to the thread, but instead make argumentative posts in an attempt to discredit another person, more often than not based on what they thought was said rather than what was actually said by the other person, concentrating almost exclusively on facts irrelevant to the point of the conversation, with the intent of provoking a reaction from others. The key element under attack by a troll is the forum or group’s hegemony. Hegemony refers to the recognized and agreed upon power structure of the said group or community. To this extent, a troll does not necessarily have to make malicious or incorrect comments. For example, a liberal-minded person who approaches a forum frequented by right-wing neo-nazis, may be considered a troll, even if no lies or attacks are made.
A person who retaliates (using whatever means) as a result of a misunderstanding (or as a way of rebelling against the overzealous application of rules) is not a troll. A troll is a person who approaches a board with the specific intention of destroying a forum’s hegemony, either with no particular motive or provocation in mind, other than to be purely destructive or if the motive or provocation is against the ethos of the board. For example, a neo-nazi approaching a Jewish forum with the intention of attacking the members, purely because the neo-nazi knows the forum to contain Jewish members, may be considered a troll. A Jewish member of the said forum, who becomes angry with the neo-nazi and breaks the rules in gaining revenge against the neo-nazi, and who is subsequently banned and who then begins to rebel, is not a troll.
The general element, that determines whether a malicious user is a troll or not, is the level of indignant emotions present in the person, coupled with the person’s history with the forum or group. An indignant user who has had a previous normal relationship with the group is not a troll, even if the user uses methods of attack that are characteristic of a troll attack.
The term Troll is often used as an insult in online communications, resulting in it being largely misapplied.
From Wikipedia Trolling
Con Anima Russian Choir
St.Petersburg, Russia – Con Anima is a vocal ensemble of Saint Petersburg. Visit the Con Anima Russian Choir website.
Read a review of a Con Anima Church Concert.
All singers in the group are graduates of Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Conservatory in Russia is a higher musical educational establishment. Term of training – 5 years. Conservatory diploma has the same rank as that of a university.
We build our repertoire of religious music, Russian chamber and opera music of the 19th and 20th century, including compositions by P.Tchaikovsky, S.Rakhmaninov, S.Taneev, N.Rimsky-Korsakov, P.Chesnokov and other.
LISTEN TO AUDIO SAMPLE
Russian Choir Singing Psalm 103 – MP3
We try to arrange our concert programmes to deliver to audience the depth and spiritual wealth of Russian orthodox culture. We consider our activities as a part of ecumenical links among Christian confessions, thus besides its concerts Con Anima takes part in divine service in various Christian churches.
CON ANIMA VOCALISTS
Anton Malakhovsky, baritone
Olga Dudchenko, mezzosoprano
Andrey Gavrin, tenor
Natalia Savchenko, soprano
Vladimir Feliauer, bass
Ekaterina Arhangelskaya, soprano
Brigadoon Cast List Posted
 The Brigadoon Cast List has been posted at the Lyric Light Opera of the Northwest website. Please visit that link for updated casting information.
Cast List as of 02/19/07Â
Thank you to all who auditioned for Brigadoon! And, congratulations to those who made the cast list:
Tommy Albright – Troy Wageman
Understudy – John Hepola
Fiona MacLaren – Megan Chenovick
Understudy – Natalie Howell
Jeff Douglas – TBA
Understudy – TBA
Meg Brockie – Jeanette d’Armand
Understudy – Laurie Miller
Charlie Dalrymple – James Scheider
Mr. Lundie – Bob Nydeger
Harry Beaton – Ryan Edwards
Jean MacLaren – Natalie Howell
Understudy – Elisa Fuller
Jane Ashton – Elisa Fuller
Archie Beaton – John Hepola
Mary Beaton – Laurie Miller
Andrew MacLaren – Clarence Holden
Anne MacLaren – Kathleen Kernohan
Bonnie MacGuffie – Kelly Pollino
Angus MacGuffie – Tom Mueller
Frank (the Bartender) – TBA
Kate – Ashley Rinas
Sandy Dean – Kristina Howell
Maggie – Stacy Lazanis
Fishmonger – TBA
Francis – Emma Asgharian
***PLEASE NOTE: Actors with understudy roles are double-cast in other roles. ALSO: Roles of men and women of the town may be switched around as we begin rehearsals and I am able to try out people in the various roles. Regardless of this, those people who are given speaking roles will have one of the men/women’s speaking roles.
Ensemble
Anna Jenny
Trina Jenny
Sarah Jenny
Luke Thompson
Erin Hemenway
Kalli Roberts
Elizabeth Sunderland
Kris Hemenway
Sarah Holcomb
Debbie Wolf
Kelli Bates
Jonathan Wolf
Katie Hudak
Christine Wolf
Jordan Rinas
Robin Carpenter
Ali Rinas
Juanita Kolbeck
Tess Gribin
Lauren Lippens
Abi Rinas
Sarah Howell
Kelli Niemeyer
Bianca Campbell
Kristina Niemeyer
Kelli Denike
Rebecca Wright
Calli Johnson
Francis Roane
Caitlin Edwards
Launi Kucera
Alex Hollingsworth
Dracula Overture Remix Competition
Official Dracula Overture Remix Competition. One hundred dollar prize to the winner that does the winning remix using my Dracula Overture audio files. Winner will be decided by the RapDogs.com moderators.
Here’s details:
My Dracula Overture was premiered on February 10, 2007 at McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon, WA. Here is a track of the vocals and also a track of the music soundtrack. Entry rules and any changes or additional info will be posted here on this page. More Dracula Overture information.
AUDIO DOWNLOADS FOR REMIX
1 – Original Askland Dracula Overture MP3 – Song Info
2 – Vocals Only MP3
3 – Music Soundtrack Only MP3
Tech Info
Song is 126 BPM. Key of F minor. Chord progression is Fm – Abm – C and also Fm – Abm – Bm – Dm
DRACULA REMIX COMPETITION RULES:
- Deadline for submission is March 10th, 2007. Artists must post a link to their audio file by that date here: RapDogs.com Dracula Remix Submissions – To post a link you will need to open an account at RapDogs.com which is free. We are not responsible if you cannot get the link posted, so don’t wait til the last minute.
- On submitting, artists give permission for me to post their audio file entry on my website whether they win or not.
- The composer of the original, Conrad Askland, will also be entering the competition but is not eligible for the prize. If he wins, next in line will win prize money.
- We will also have some public voting polls and those results will be made public, but cash prize is decided by the RapDogs moderators.
- Winner can be paid via PayPal or by Cashier’s Check and must be verified through their member account at RapDogs.com – In other words, the winner will be notified through their member account at RapDogs.com for payment information. Make sure your entry is posted on the RapDogs.com thread from your account.
- In their remix, artists may not use any samples they do not have clearance for. Do not steal other people’s material to use in the remix.
- There are no artistic limitations to the remix. Artists may alter the original files and add according to their artistic vision.
- Winner will be announced within a reasonable time after March 10th, 2007 (within a couple weeks) – And payment will be made in April 2007 providing artist has supplied payment contact info from their RapDogs.com account.
Dracula by Steven Dietz
Cast photos, set pics and cast/crew credits for the live stage production of Dracula presented by the Skagit College Theater Department at McIntyre Hall (Mount Vernon, WA) February 2007.
Dracula by Steven Dietz
From the novel by Bram Stoker
Originally produced by the Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson/Pheonix, Arizona. David Ira Goldstein, Artistic Director. Robert Alpaugh, managing director.
Check out Conrad’s scary Dracula Overture – it’s creepy!
UPDATE – New Dracula Overture Remix Competition!
2007 McIntyre Hall Dracula Cast
Dracula – James Padilla
Van Helsing – David Cox
Mina – Lydia Randall
Maid/Female Attendant – Suzann McLamb
Harker – Alex Mutegeki
Seward – Mark Pedersen
Lucy – Erin Hemenway
Waiter/Attendant 1 – Miles McGillivray
Attendant 2 – Jared Conforti
Vixen 1 – Carolyn Travis
Vixen 2 – Christina Stephens
Renfield – Trey Hatch
Director Damond Morris
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
Under my sheets with Dracula and a flashlight in my hands, I flipped through page after page, unable to put the novel down and too frightened to read on. I was nine when I first read the novel Dracula and twelve when I saw the 1931 film on TV. Dracula is a creature that scares me in a primal way. Like snakes, spiders, bats and rats he gives me a creepy crawly feeling in the pit of my stomach. What happens in the night just outside your window while you are sleeping? We all know there are no such things as monsters, right? Just be sure you don’t invite them in.
Oh, and your neck, be sure to check your neck… Enjoy the show!
– Damond Morris
Dracula Crew
Director – Damond Morris
Costume Design – Maura Marlin
Set and Lighting Design – Steve Craig
Sound Design and Music – Jerry Fortier and Conrad Askland
Additional Music – Ian Hansen
Technical Direction – Mark O’Brien
Stage Manager – Dinah Steveni
Assistant Stage Manager – Christine Dykema
Makeup – Mary Bingham
Properties Mistress – Cathy Savage
Scenic Charge Painter – E.A. Risser
Special Projects – Michael Marlin
Technical Assistant – Tarah L. McKitrick
Costumer Crew – Carolyn Travis, Lydia Randall, Crystal Dominguez, Kathleen Luther, Lindsey Bowen, Michelle Beach
Makeup Assistant – Nicole Trepus, Ellen Palmer
Lighting Technician – James Yandle
Lighting Crew – Nate Young, Ryn Bishop, Michael Mejia, Randy Kivett
Stage Crew – Quat Hatch, Dory Hurtado, Nate Young
Fly Crew – Nate Young
Producer – Andy Friedlander
CAST PHOTOS – Click for full size image
Harker – Alex Mutegeki
Waiter/Attendant 1 – Miles McGillivray
Attendant 2 – Jared Conforti
Dracula – James Padilla
Vixen 1 – Carolyn Travis
Vixen 2 – Christina Stephens
Seward – Mark Pedersen
DRACULA STAGE SET DESIGN
Prop – Wheelchair
Stage – Trap Door
Set – Sanitarium Window
Set – Renfield’s Table
Set – Lucy’s Crypt
Set – Dracula’s Casket
Set – Bedroom
TECH PHOTOS
Bedroom Scene from Sound Booth
Keyboards for live FX and Music
Hydraulics underneath Orchestra Pit
Harker monologue
Conrad Askland at keyboard rig
Peter Pan Tinkerbell Live Sound
Here’s a simple way to do live sound effects for Tinkerbell in stage productions of Peter Pan.
Use a colored laser pointer for Tinkerbell, preferably a professional projector made specifically for this effect (you can rent these). In the picture above you’ll see a nose flute, kazoo, metal chain to rustle for tinkle effects, a mouth buzzer and an inexpensive slide whistle.
Use these together to create realistic Tinkerbell audio fx while running the projection system. Tinkerbell is sometimes happy with light hearted buzzing sounds and sometimes angry with aggravated buzz type sounds. The slide whistle is good for “yes” and “no” responses to Peter Pan dialogue.
Since these are lighter ambient type sounds, you’ll probably want to use a condensor microphone, not a dynamic mic. If you don’t understand that, your sound engineer will. Just tell him “condensor mic”.
Total cost for Tinkerbell sound props is under twenty five dollars.
You can rent a professional Tinkerbell laser beam projector from ZFX, Inc at www.zfxflying.com
Kenneth DeJong – Organist and Composer
I have heard about Kenneth DeJong for many years and finally got to meet him at the Augsburg Fortress Music worskshop in Seattle, WA. An original wedding march he composed for organ was played by concert organist Douglas Cleveland (Music Director, Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA)
Mr. DeJong is music director for St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Bellevue, WA. This is the church I grew up in and was confirmed at. For many years as a young boy I sang and played at church services there, and they always let me practice in the sanctuary when I wanted. For a couple years that sanctuary felt like my second home. I never officially thanked St. Andrews for that – so here’s my official thank you.
I took advantage of access to their keyboard instruments and spent many hours playing the piano and organ in the sanctuary. For a while they even had a hand built harpsichord which I would tune by hand for Bach pieces. I also remember practicing jazz voicings on the church piano, and wondering if that was theologically sound. That was back in 1984 or so, church music has come a long way.
Kenneth is a composer, master organist, conductor and gifted vocalist One of his intriquing projects is singing with a male chorus consisting of all music conductors – it’s called Male Ensemble Northwest. I haven’t heard them yet, but he says it’s a great group – so it must be VERY good.
I have heard through the grapevine that Kenneth DeJong does very good work with congregational orchestras and ensembles. Hopefully I’ll meet up with him again to find out more info on that.
Kenneth DeJong – Organist and Music Director
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church (Bellevue, WA)
Kenneth L. DeJong, Music Director and Principal Organist, has been at Saint Andrew’s since 1988. Following his undergraduate work and military service, he received a Master’s Degree in Conducting from the University of Washington. He taught for six years at Los Angeles Baptist College before returning to Seattle to pursue a doctorate degree. He has taught at Seattle Pacific University, Trinity Lutheran College, the University of Puget Sound, and the University of Washington.
He served as Music Director at Seattle’s First Presbyterian Church for six years, during which time he founded the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, which he conducted until 1998. He conducts the Lyric Arts Ensemble, sings in Male Ensemble Northwest, and is a frequent adjudicator and clinician. His Saint Andrew’s agenda includes worship hospitality and creativity, participation in vocal and instrumental ensembles by members of Saint Andrew’s, and creation of additional opportunities for growth and enjoyment of the arts in and around the Saint Andrew’s community. He is married to Kelley Mannon and they (with her son Brad) live in Issaquah.
Douglas Cleveland – Concert Organist
Douglas Cleveland is music director of Plymouth Congregational Church in Seattle, WA. He was our guide for the 2007 Augsburg Fortress music seminar. Mr. Cleveland is a master concert organist and played very difficult pipe organ music with ease. We picked up quite a bit of choral and pipe organ music and are currently integrating it into our worship services at Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Cleveland was an excellent host for this event and made our reading through the music an enjoyable experience. As an added bonus I got to hear original organ music by Kenneth DeJong, currently music director of the church I was confirmed at as a boy – St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA.
Douglas Cleveland – Biography
Douglas Cleveland began his tenure as Director of Music at Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle in September of 2004. At Plymouth he directs three choirs and oversees a fine arts series.
A native of Washington State, Mr. Cleveland began his organ studies with Jane Edge in Olympia and continued his study in high school with Edward A. Hansen at the University of Puget Sound’s Community Music School. In 1986 he entered the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester where he earned the Bachelor of Music degree in 1990. While at Eastman, he served as Director of Music at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. As an undergraduate at Eastman, he won first prize in several organ competitions including The Westminster Choir College Graduate Competition, The Luther Place Memorial National Organ Competition in Washington, D.C., The Scarritt Undergraduate Competition in Nashville, Tennessee and the AGO Region VIII Competition in Seattle. He was also a finalist in the 1990 Grand Prix de Chartre, France and the Calgary International Organ Competition. Mr. Cleveland received the Master of Music degree in 1994 from Indiana University, Bloomington.
While at Indiana University, he served as assistant organist and choirmaster at Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Indianapolis, where he frequently directed the famed choir of men and boys and began the volunteer choir program. He also won first prize in the American Guild of Organists National Young Artists Competition in Dallas and the Ft. Wayne National Organ Competition.
Since winning these prizes, he has performed in 48 of the United States, as well as such venues as Westminster Abbey, Notre-Dame Cathedral, The Cathedral of Berlin, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, The Moscow Conservatory, and the Minato Mirai Concert Hall in Yokohama, Japan. He has performed with several symphony orchestras including the National Symphony at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Mr. Cleveland served as Assistant Professor of Organ and Church Music at Northwestern University from 1999 to 2004. While on the faculty of Northwestern, he received the Searle Fellowship for teaching excellence. He served as a visiting faculty member at St. Olaf College in 1997. Mr. Cleveland has recorded three CD’s which have received critical acclaim in Fanfare, The American Record Guide, The Organists Review, The American Organist, The Diapason, the Association of Anglican Musicians and the Living Church Magazine.
Current as of September 2006
Pipe Organ at Plymouth Congregational Church
Seattle, WA
Douglas Cleveland CD Recording Covers
Relative Size of Planets
Relative size planet images are clickable for full size view
