Sing & Send
Homechoir’s unique recording project!
Welcome Alzheimer's Society!
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We are delighted to announce a very special Sing & Send project to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society. Click the button below to donate to this very worthwhile cause and take part in a special Homechoir recording of Fly Me To The Moon!
Scroll down the page for instructions, the teaching and recording sessions, scores, and Dropboxes. Meantime see our News page for more.
“Sing & Send is brilliant - just so easy and fun”
Homechoir’s pioneering approach to creating whole-choir recordings is unlike any other.
The process works like this:
Ben will teach everyone the piece of music in advance. If you miss this teaching session, it is saved for you on YouTube and linked below.
You attend the recording session with something to watch Ben on and a separate recording device (your phone is fine).
You wear headphones plugged into the device that you are watching on. This means that only your voice is picked up when you record. Wearing phones over only one ear when you sing may enable you to hear a good sound balance between your own voice and the recording session.
Hearing device users: please check our accessibility page for more information about your Sing & Send listening options.
You press record when Ben asks you to during the broadcast.
You sing the piece three times along with Ben. If you can’t attend the session live, you can catch up later on with the recorded session.
You stop the recording when Ben asks you to.
You put the file of your recording in our Dropbox, using the voice part-specific links shown on the project’s event page below.
Breathe a sigh of relief and have a nice cup of tea - you are done!
Fly Me To The Moon for Alzheimer's Society
Welcome to Homechoir’s summer recording project, Bart Howard’s beloved song Fly Me To The Moon!
If you have never taken part in a Homechoir Sing & Send before, we first recommend that you have a look at our instruction leaflets “How To Take Part”, and “How To Help Someone Else Take Part”.
This project has been funded by a member of Homechoir in memory of a loved one with Alzheimer’s, making participation free. Instead, we are welcoming donations to Alzheimer’s Society at our Just Giving page:
In this session, in Ben will teach everyone how to sing the melody and harmonies. It will be available to watch any time from its live broadcast at 2pm on Wednesday 26 June.
Click here to watch the teaching. If you make it live, consider saying “Hi” to everyone in the chat!
If you would prefer to skip all the harmony parts and record yourself singing purely the melody of the song - calling all the budding Franks! - you can practice singing along to the rehearsal track in our Dropbox before coming along to the recording session:
The recording session will be available to sing and record along to from 2pm on Wednesday 10 July. Click here to view the session live or later.
Scores are optional, and will be particularly helpful for those aiming to record one or more of the harmony parts.
Click the button to be taken to a short form and download your copy of Kirby Shaw’s very funky arrangement!
Next, send us your recording by following these steps:
Name your digital sound file with your first and last name (or initial) e.g. FrankSinatra, FSinatra, FrankS.
Check the file is in one of the following accepted formats: AAC, AIFF, MP3, M4A, WAV.
Send your file to our Dropbox using the link corresponding to the voice part you recorded. If you recorded several different parts, for example you sang along with the melody as well as the alto part, please put each recording in its correct Dropbox.
The recording submission deadline has been extended to the end of Sunday 18 August. Our fantastic sound engineers will then mix all your recordings together to create a beautiful group performance in time for its premiere on World Alzheimer’s Day, Saturday 21 September 2024.
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