nafmeadmin.
nafmeadminThe teach in only half a classroom and have no room for a piano. I would like to load instrumental (karaoke) accompaniments for the pop songs the choir sings. I would also like them to be legal. I would welcome any resources any of you may have found. “Make You Believe” (Lucy Hale) is the current one I am searching for.
Thank you!
Maria Vomlehn Flurry
Acorn Montessori, Prescott Valley, AZ
Park Avenue School of Music
nafmeadminMaria – you can often find minus tracks on iTunes. – you might also check with you local music retailer or JWPepper or Sheet Music Plus.
I have sometimes created minus tracks for my students solo work – but cant offer you a legal opinion on that kind of thing.
Best of luck!
Alan Scott
Murray High School – Choir director
nafmeadminspotify!
nafmeadminTypically, if you can’t find a karaoke version song by doing a search in iTunes, Amazon mp3, or Spotify, there isn’t one available legally. I found this by doing a search: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYsZLiByBqk Maybe you can record it internally with Audacity and use it–probably not legal, but that might be your only option other than creating your own accompaniment track (and I didn’t see any sheet music available for that song, so you’d probably have to transcribe the song yourself).
nafmeadminYou can use the iTunes karaoke. Is Music Alive Magazine still around? They always had great background music for featured pop songs they used.
nafmeadminWhat I do is make my own using sibelius. I input the piano part into sibelius and then you can export it as midi, mp3 or whatever you want. I also use the sibelius file with the ipad app called avid scorch which plays siblius files but also allows you to interact with the score. I pair my ipad with a bluetooth receiver and hook it to a receiver and some speakers so it plays wirelessly from the ipad. I made a youtube video about it if you want to check it out…
nafmeadminhttp://www.karaoke-version.com has many new titles for sale at about $2 per song.
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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