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 | | From: | Reggie | | Subject: | Need IFD MP3's. Jukebox software for dance. | | Date: | 21 Dec 2004 13:15:23 -0800 |
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 | I NEED
I'd like to get MP3 copies of
Le Bal De Jugon (French, Brittany) and
Jocul De A Longul (Romainian).
I could use the dance description for the Romanian one. I've been doing
International Folk Dance for almost 40 years, and do weekly Irish Set
to build stamina and help resist congnitive degeneration!
JUKEBOX SOFTWARE
We are trying out a laptop to take over all our 2000 dances from 50
plus countries. So far the iTunes software seems the best, though
MusicMatch has some nice features. NEITHER is perfect. I have heard
that Neil Rosen of MIT has written a good program for this. Does anyone
know details?
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| | From: | Robert Radcliffe | | Subject: | Re: Jukebox software for dance. | | Date: | Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:21:30 GMT |
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| Hi Reggie,
I've been using MusicMatch together with a Creative Nomad 3 Jukebox for several
years now with no complaints. I have just over 1000 IFD MP3s in the JB3 (i.e. 3
GBytes used out of 20 GB available). I think you can get a 5 GB player these
days for about $100. I like to use MusicMatch to prepare a dancelist in advance;
the list is then downloaded to the JB3; I turn it on and let it play for the
whole session. For the occasional request, a printed list of the full directory
is adequate.
I also make complete CDs of all the dances to give out to all attendees - they
are SO cheap now - I buy in bulk for <9 cents a disk.
What's best for you depends on your leadership style. Some local leaders use a
laptop at their sessions but I don't see the advantage for such a large expense.
If you do mostly requests you need a laptop to easily find the next one, but
some leaders IMHO waste excessive dance time nursing the technology.
Good luck,
Bob Radcliffe
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Aoccdrnig to rseerach at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the
frist and lsat lteter be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a ttoal mses and you can slitl
raed it wotihut porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the
hmuan mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig, huh?
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"Reggie" wrote in message
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I NEED
I'd like to get MP3 copies of
Le Bal De Jugon (French, Brittany) and
Jocul De A Longul (Romainian).
I could use the dance description for the Romanian one. I've been doing
International Folk Dance for almost 40 years, and do weekly Irish Set
to build stamina and help resist congnitive degeneration!
JUKEBOX SOFTWARE
We are trying out a laptop to take over all our 2000 dances from 50
plus countries. So far the iTunes software seems the best, though
MusicMatch has some nice features. NEITHER is perfect. I have heard
that Neil Rosen of MIT has written a good program for this. Does anyone
know details?
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