[DECtalk] Vocal Writer

[tomi]

Hey,

No, this message was not directed at anyone actually.  I thought of your software, and understand that point.  But on your sight, it said 89 dollars for that package, not 29.  Weird, so you changed the pricing?

Anyways I'm not mad at you or anyone.  As long as your intention is not to steal money with 1000 songs, its fine.

Regard:

Tomi



> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Dectalk at aol.com
>To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:50:19 EST
>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Vocal Writer


>You misunderstand.  The songs are a bonus on my  software, I pass those out
>all the time.  What I'm selling are the  instructions for programing your own
>songs.  I have audio teaching  instructions.  The CD is $29.95.  You actually
>think that price covers  1057 songs?  Heck no!

>I do charge $7.00 to program by request.  But  that's to buy the cheet music
>and mailing if needed.  And when I come out  ahead I buy new equipment.  Plus
>I need ink, paper, blank CD's and all  that.

>If you could do it for free, I'd love to know  how.  I get tons of requsts
>for stuff that often requires me to buy a  $17.00 book to get the sheet music
>for one song.  So after so many requests  you start to go broke.  You end up
>having to charge, trust me.  If  nothing else, charge for the time.

>So it often looks and sounds like I'm selling songs  but I'm not.  I add 4
>songs a week on average and don't want to start a  list of what I have.  So
>rather than sending out one file after another, I  sell the entire 1047 files as a
>bundle and offer a life time free updates.   This way I still make $7.00 per
>request, but each song gets added to the big  bundle.  So the people that
>request an update gets everything that was  added since their last update.  In
>some ways it's the luck of the draw  unless they make a specific request.

>It might be a dumb way to do it but sheet music is not  cheap.  i'm dreading
>the next few months because I really need more  children's songs.  I hate
>doing those because they are short and  easy.  I prefer long hard stuff with a lot
>of key changes.  The quire  director at Church hates it when I sing a special
>because I like doing  complicated versions of stuff.  She's getting used to
>me though.  The  funny thing is I'm in bell quire and she'll select the hardest
>stuff for us to  play with key changes up the ying yang, but yet she wants me
>to go easy on  her.  (right)

>I'm hoping I can find some kid's songs that are  busy.  I don't have any
>requests, I just feel I need more kid's  songs.


>SNOOPI



>In a message dated 3/4/2006 12:27:17 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time,
>geczy at earthlink.net writes:

>Hey,

>Well that is one point.  But then, like Flint is  selling his songs online
>for 10 dollars.  He is making money off of  someones work! That's when I think
>you should pay a couple buks to the company  who sold the original songs.

>I'm not saying here that Flint should go  in jail, I'm saying my opinion.  If
>I ever get into making songs, I will  never everever ever ever ever sell them
>on cds.  If I do author cds, I  will author them for free.  Everyone should
>have the write to a cd with  50 songs or more, regardless if their African
>American, Hungarian, German,  Chinees, etc.

>Regards: Tomi



>> ----- Original Message  -----
>>From: Dectalk at aol.com
>>To:  dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:40:19  EST
>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Vocal Writer


>>I have an  argument on that.  First of all, anyone  can sing in the  shower
>>without paying royalties.  Well, people who can't   talk have Dectalk in
>their
>>communication device, so what if they wanted  to sing  in the shower?

>>Now, when I buy sheet music I'm  converting it into an  alternative format
>>which is legal.   Alternative formats for the disabled  are exampt from
>paying
>>royalties which is why the library for the blind can put   books and
>newspapers on
>>tape, CD, oe the talking book   radio.

>>A Dectalk file can not be converted back into sheet   music, therefore I'm
>not
>>copying anything.

>>Now, to record an  album, yes, you do need to pay  royalties.  But to just
>>sing  a Scout song, camp song, sing Happy Birthday  to a friend, or
>whatever,  I
>>will fight to the death before I pay  royalties.

>>If a  5 year old starts singing "THE WHEELS ON THE BUS"  no one has to  pay
>>royalties.  So setting up a communication device so a   disabled 5 year old
>can
>>sing the same song is simply equal  access.  Dectalk  is nothing more than an
>>external voice for  many people.  It's no different  than walking with  a
>>wheelchair, seeing with a seeing eye dog, or anything   else.


>>SNOOPI



>>In a message dated 3/4/2006  9:57:19 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time,
>>geczy at earthlink.net  writes:

>>Hey,

>>Flint Million's site ( www  .themillionweb.com) had some  that were not on
>the
>>list.

>>Third questions:

>>Here's what I  think  about all this dectalk and singing business: Since
>these
>>songs are copywrited,  you would need permition from the  authors to sell
>>them.  I think as long  as the songs are free  and not sold for 30 dollars
>per 50
>>song, you would be ok  with  Plannetmirror and all that crap.  Yes, you still
>>made it, but  you  did not rewrite the song's text from scratch.  If you do
>sell
>>it for  instance, you would need to ask the writers if you  can and if they
>say
>>so,  dedicate 5 percent of your sails to the  writers.  So I don't think
>>Jayson  could get in trouble with  that stupid company.  I mean, cmon, their
>site
>>is full of  spam!

>>Anyways, try flint's site, it's under speech synthesis   songs.  Hth

>>Tomi

>>)

>>> ----- Original  Message  -----
>>>From: "Matthew Horspool"  <drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk
>>>To:  "DECtalk Discussions"  <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>>Date: Sat, 4 Mar  2006 10:22:48  -0000
>>>Subject: [DECtalk] Vocal   Writer

>>>Hello,

>>>Can I first congratulate the  person who  created the more recent Vocal
>>>Writer songs?   They're  wonderful!  Could that person please contact   me
>>>off-list?

>>>Secondly, is there a website where I  can  download Vocal Writer demo
>>>songs other than those on  the  archive?

>>>Thirdly, and perhaps more seriously, there  are a few songs  in the
>>>/vocalwriter directory on the archive  that might prevent  the
>>>planetmirror mirror if they found  out.  I'm wondering if it's  worth
>>>moving those to a  separate archive which is not   mirrored?

>>>---

>>>Matthew F.    Horspool

>>>E-mail:
>>>matthew at thehorspools.com

>>>Microsoft   .net   Messenger:
>>>drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk

>>>Skype:
>>>matthewhorspool

>>>Web:
>>>www.thehorspools.com

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