Thomas Altmann wrote:Thank you Niall & Dave.
Some of my mistakes:
1.) I did not differentiate between Havana and Matanzas lineages.
2.) For some of the songs I did not have enough (variety of) footage to draw from.
3.) I should have cited all the audio sources exactly.
4.) I should rather have disregarded certain audio sources completely.
5.) I should have checked the actual articulation of all the songs with different singers in live situations over a longer period (to better identify the correct consonants for instance)!
6.) I should have disregarded certain literate sources altogether (and should have referred more to Jerry Shilgi's work instead, which I didn't have back then).
7.) I should have favoured simple but more popular melodic versions over musically appealing ones.
8.) Today I feel that some of my notes and chapters in the appendix are rather embarrassing.
Thomas
Thomas Altmann wrote:Thank you Niall & Dave.
Some of my mistakes:
1.) I did not differentiate between Havana and Matanzas lineages.
2.) For some of the songs I did not have enough (variety of) footage to draw from.
3.) I should have cited all the audio sources exactly.
4.) I should rather have disregarded certain audio sources completely.
5.) I should have checked the actual articulation of all the songs with different singers in live situations over a longer period (to better identify the correct consonants for instance)!
6.) I should have disregarded certain literate sources altogether (and should have referred more to Jerry Shilgi's work instead, which I didn't have back then).
7.) I should have favoured simple but more popular melodic versions over musically appealing ones.
8.) Today I feel that some of my notes and chapters in the appendix are rather embarrassing.
Thomas
guarachon63 wrote:HI Thomas, the current version of the cancionero is online:
http://cancionerorumbero.blogspot.com/
I sort of tell myself that when I get to 500 songs I will put together another printable edition, but honestly I am not sure that will ever happen. As you know laying out a book is quite time consuming, and my life is much different now than it was in 2001-2002.
saludos,
Barry
KidCuba wrote:My hope is to find a used copy of Thoma's book, for a fair price, soon. For now, I just listen and transcribe what I can.
Thomas Altmann wrote:Cantos Lucumí a los Orichas
After all, it was only consequent for me to stop the sales. The authorities that I earned were not worth the feeling that there was something in my life that related to my past and thereby held me back in a way. While the contents of my book have always been public domain, I now declare the written pages of my book and the work that had gone into it as free material, too.
Thomas Altmann
It might be possible for someone who owns the book to scan it and share it? Maybe include Thomas comments from this post into the scan, to make Thomas attitude clear to the readers?
Thomas Altmann wrote:Whoo! 300 pages. Sounds like a lot of fun.![]()
TA
Derbeno wrote:mmmmm.....In comparison Luca's books are $50 each for a not that many pages, also the text is quite big written in verse form. It does come with a accompanying CD
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