To: andrewhearne2003@yahoo.co.uk, nigelsp@synthzone.com
From: Khai-Wei Choong
Subject: TAMMY: Inspired Variations
Cc: Bill (BEBOP) Forrest


Dear Andrew and Nigel,

Hi! As a follow-up to my previous proposal, I have carefully prepared the Tammy script (entitled "TAMMY: Inspired Variations", as included below) to start the TAMMY project rolling. You may change or adapt the script below to suit the design/format of your websites.

Please kindly set up a web page containing details of the Tammy project on TechnicsForAll, the Synth Zone, and any other relevant sites.

The first page will contain the Tammy script below. On the same page or subsequent page(s), spaces can be made available to record the details of participants' submissions in a table as follows:

Date of Submission:
Name of Contributor:
Name of Genre or Style:
Musical Equipment Used (optional):
Additional Comments (optional):
Contact Details (optional):

If possible, all of these can be automated through software such as JAVA, so that contributors can fill out their details and attached their submissions. A simple error checking should be included to ensure that each submission contains an attachment of Tammy arrangement.

I have included a MIDI file "Tammy.mid". You may want to allow visitor the option of clicking on the 16 bars of TAMMY and listen to the short MIDI file.

Thank you very much.

Kind Regards,
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KHAI-WEI
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TAMMY: Inspired Variations
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We would like to make a potentially exciting proposal or project for everybody to collaborate in a more concerted way towards the goal of allowing our creative energy to aggregate on a set theme:

Contributors, irrespective of their skills and instruments, are invited to use only the first 16 bars of the song Tammy (#1 hit 1957 from the movies: "Tammy and the Bachelor") as the basis for their own arrangement(s) or variation(s) on their chosen style(s) or genre(s).

The lyrics for the first 16 bars are as follows:

I hear the cottonwoods whisp'rin' above
Tammy! Tammy! Tammy's in love!
The ole hootie owl hootie-hoo's to the dove
Tammy! Tammy! Tammy's in love!


The notes for the song melody in the first 16 bars are:

We would like to invite you to join in the fun and challenge, and to send your versions/arrangements of Tammy to:

songs@technicsforall.com


Please include for each distinct contribution:
Date of Submission:
Name of Contributor:
Name of Genre or Style:
Musical Equipment Used (optional):
Additional Comments (optional):
Contact Details (optional):



Contributions can be submitted in any common audio format and/or General MIDI format. There are no restrictions as to the number of contributions that a participant may submit.

Any styles, genres and instruments (including human voices) are allowed.

Visitors and participants are welcome to download the listed contributions. Enjoy them and get an idea of what can even be done with such a simple tune and begin to make your own contributes to the project. The experience will certainly sharpen your creativity and hone in your skills in musical arrangement(s) and variation(s).

Looking forward to savouring your clever renditions of Tammy!



[This message has been edited by Khai (edited 01-19-2005).]
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Khai