64A: Meet my TEDx Coach Kevin Cummiskey
64B: Play a Latin-Flavored “You Are My Sunshine”
Start with Harps Tuned in C
[HTL-64-210304 – HARP TIME LIVE #64A&B – Thu. Mar. 4, 2021
In which we meet my TEDx Coach, Kevin Cummiskey for an impromptu Q&A – and then play a Latin Rhythm version of “You Are my Sunshine”
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64A: Meet my TEDx Coach, Kevin Cummiskey
64B: Latin-Flavored “You Are My Sunshine”
The Chat Feed (click to open)
16:36:05 From heatherflinn to Everyone : It was a fantastic TED-X
16:37:49 From Hýldi’s iPad Pro to Everyone : Canção do Mar: by Frederico de Brito and Ferrer Trindade
16:38:56 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone : Thanks Hyldi, those are the names
16:41:20 From heatherflinn to Everyone : Hey Kevin aside from DHC what other MASTERS of the Universe have you worked with
16:41:22 From Tara to Everyone : Have you done TED talk about producing TED talks?
16:41:27 From Laurie Grant to Everyone : Kevin, how do you find your guests for Ted talks
16:41:34 From Tovelah to Everyone : It inspired me to find you
16:42:27 From debra Sawyer to Everyone : Im always amazed what presence and communication skills each presenter has no matter the subject. How do you coach that
16:42:37 From ttmusic33@gmail.com to Everyone : ACTIONS WHICH EXPRESS OUR MESSAGES,? How do we find them? Talia
16:45:39 From debra Sawyer to Everyone : its always seamless. Has anyone flubbed. Is there editing or one smooth take?
16:45:44 From Laurie Grant to Everyone : Is there just one ted talk location? Or are they all over the country
16:47:59 From heatherflinn to Everyone : YES Miss
16:48:18 From ttmusic33@gmail.com to Everyone : Sorry, no nakedness in mind, I olayed with Jack Benny as his 12 year old violinist/comedian. I would see “Purple ligh tand purple flowers in the audience
16:49:21 From Mari Harpur to Everyone : This is wonderful & so relevant to music & the wider world. Thank you. Keep going.
16:50:25 From Stefanie Bieber to Everyone : Did you ever have somebody who didn‘t have a text skript and talked really freely?
16:50:29 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles to Everyone : Kevin, thank you for sharing your insights and expertise.
16:50:47 From Tara to Everyone : How does a person get to see these talks live?
16:51:05 From ttmusic33@gmail.com to Everyone : see light & beauty rather than nakedness
16:51:07 From Veronica White to Everyone : How do people get on TEdtalks?
16:53:28 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone : What are TEDtalks? Where are they originated from, what is their goal?
16:53:36 From Veronica White to Everyone : How does TEDx find who they want?
16:54:17 From Laurie Grant to Everyone : Thanks, Kevin! Very interesting!
16:54:22 From heatherflinn to Everyone : Thanks Kevin…super interesting and I love watching TED x
16:54:27 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles to Everyone : https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/tedx-program
16:54:43 From Anne Horton to Everyone : How has COVID impact D TED has it really Holmes with everyone going online these days?
16:55:02 From Anne Horton to Everyone : boomed.
16:55:09 From debra Sawyer to Everyone : DHC could do another TedTalk on the difference between a teacher and a coach!
16:55:26 From heatherflinn to Everyone : YES debra
16:56:00 From Tara to Everyone : Joke, TED talks are presentations on a huge variety of topics given by a different person in every case. Searcg for them on YouTube.
16:56:29 From DHC to Everyone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOtEkRtk5IA&feature=youtu.be
16:56:30 From Anne Horton to Everyone : Number of views and overall interest in the concept … oh wow! I really thought TEDx would’ve hit a sweet spot during these times … interesting … I hope it takes off for you again super soon!!
16:56:40 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles to Everyone : 40047
16:56:51 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone : Thanks Tara. What’s the scope?
16:57:04 From Tara to Everyone : Thank you, Kevin!
16:57:22 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles to Everyone : Joke, here’s a link…https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/tedx-program
16:57:42 From Vera Stern to Everyone : Kevin, that was exciting to listen to! thank you!
16:57:45 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone : Thanks, Melinda
16:57:45 From debra Sawyer to Everyone : Thank you Kev!!
16:57:58 From heatherflinn to Everyone : LATIN vibes
16:58:28 From Lynne Lapidus to Everyone : YES!
16:59:08 From Veronica White to Everyone : hahaha let’s hear what that looks like…hahah
16:59:32 From Tara to Everyone : Joke, They’re really wide-ranging. Introversion/extroversion; different kinds of music (jaw harps, computer music,…); biochemistry & nutrition,….
17:02:09 From Hýldi’s iPad Pro to Everyone : =>RH: G, C, E then A, C, F
17:03:42 From heatherflinn to Everyone : C///C///F///C///F///C///C/G///C///
17:04:23 From heatherflinn to Everyone : Oops that second last bar is c/g/c///
17:04:40 From heatherflinn to Everyone : Those are the chords
17:06:08 From heatherflinn to Everyone : C///C///F///C///F///C///C/G/C///
17:11:11 From Alicia Dawes-Salazar to Everyone : I love love love playing this tune!
17:15:06 From Hýldi’s iPad Pro to Everyone : G in bass with F-A-C in RH
17:18:59 From Hýldi’s iPad Pro to Everyone : Loved the G in Bass w/ F chord in RH
17:19:12 From Veronica White to Everyone : I can’t hear the tempo so well
17:19:15 From Laurie Grant to Everyone : Totally fun; trouble getting latin rhythm in right hand with speed
17:19:28 From Vera Stern to Everyone : he A minor felt like rain coming down as opposed to sunshine!
17:19:32 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone : It was fun to play the chords and get them right at once in te end.
17:19:32 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles to Everyone : I used to sing this to my daughter when she was little….especially in the car.
17:19:43 From Tara to Everyone : I liked moving to the Amin but I felt like I wanted to go somewhere and I wasn’t sure where.
17:19:58 From heatherflinn to Everyone : It is hilarious because I have to hold myself back from reverting to “polka-style”
17:20:02 From Hýldi’s iPad Pro to Everyone : => that G in the bass with the F-A-C in RH is a G-sus chord
17:20:04 From Anne Horton to Everyone : when you play it isn A do you just move the whole thing down a third? or is there some other variation that happens?
17:21:38 From Sarah to Everyone : loved the Gsus and using the am vamp. I found it a bit pity i couldn’t here the Latin rythm clear enough on this laptop, to copy. I will listen back to a replay, ;).
17:22:12 From Tovelah to Everyone : I liked you started so simply, was able to follow
17:22:23 From Tara to Everyone : I agree, the rhythm was a bit hard to heart and keep in time with.
17:24:37 From heatherflinn to Everyone : Nice lush sevenths and 9ths fit well with this latin type feel
17:24:46 From Laurie Grant to Everyone : That really helped! Thanks!!
17:25:20 From Sarah to Everyone : It helped me also to play along with the rythm, thx
17:25:40 From Nancy C to Everyone : The G suss chord brings drama, mid strings easier to har, less ethereal.
17:26:53 From Tovelah to Everyone : could you play just the bass
17:28:19 From heatherflinn to Everyone : What a great tune to run ‘the gamut’ from ultra simple to super complex AND the words are perfect for today as we actually had SUN
17:29:19 From Ruth Thomson to Everyone : just great………
17:32:34 From Pume to Everyone : this was super fun – got to run thanks dhc
17:33:09 From Laurie Grant to Everyone : Such PRETTY harmonies…work on expanding those rich harmonies
17:33:12 From Tara to Everyone : Ooh, adding the Ab…cool!
17:33:15 From Veronica White to Everyone : This is a great song
17:33:22 From Anne Horton to Everyone : What an awesome session – as always!! thanks Deborah … and thanks again to you Kevin … that was extremely interesting to hear a bit “behind the scenes” about TED talks (I’m a big fan! 🤗). I have to head off to work now – have fun everyone!! byeeee 👋
17:33:23 From Lynne Lapidus to Everyone : Bossa! Still working on the Bossa
17:33:25 From Susanne to Everyone : I loved playing the Gsus.
17:33:53 From debra Sawyer to Everyone : All the ways you can interpret 3 chords – rhythmically, chorally, beat notes
17:33:53 From Gail to Everyone : We love the changes to a song we love and sang on the farm growing up.
17:33:55 From Tovelah to Everyone : Thank you Kevin, Delightful, always wondered how TedX worked. You are a gift! Thank You
17:34:07 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone : Finally learned to play the bossa rhythm
17:34:07 From Terri to Everyone : love the song in A min , much more than in C . you are on fire today ! ❤️
17:34:17 From Nancy C to Everyone : Beautiful. So fun – mo teasy
17:34:34 From Sarah to Everyone : All the cool sus, great rythm, thx. So asome you sing allong, bye bye have to work early tommorow
17:34:55 From heatherflinn to Everyone : Have to run as my son-in-law is cooking dinner YES!! Had soooo much fun….now I get free food…what a perfect day!
17:35:21 From Vera Stern to Everyone : Bosa goes well with two hands, now how to get it on one only
17:35:33 From DHC to Everyone : https://www.hipharp.com/bfc
17:35:49 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone : Goodnight everyone, long and early day tomorrow
17:35:50 From Nancy C to Everyone : Love the A-minor. Thank you! And Thank you Kevin Cummiskey for speaking today.
17:35:56 From Laurie Grant to Everyone : Thanks, Deborah!!
17:35:57 From DHC to Everyone : https://www.hipharp.com/academy/htlwdhc-harp-time-with-dhc-live-main-page/
17:35:58 From Betty Herloski to Everyone : Thank you
17:36:09 From DHC to Everyone : https://www.hipharp.com/academy/htlwdhc-harp-time-with-dhc-live-main-page/
17:36:11 From DHC to Everyone : https://www.hipharp.com/academy/htlwdhc-harp-time-with-dhc-live-main-page/
17:36:18 From Ingele to Everyone : Over it! Thank you!
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