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New Project: hymnal
Apr. 9th, 2014 07:43 amI (or rather, my generous patrons) met my first funding goal on Patreon and now I have to start the associated project.
The project is a (small) hymnal, with all the work in it released under CC BY-SA or CC BY-SA-NC, and released for free online. Some of the music will be stuff I've written already; some will be new. And some of it will be by other people, if I get enough submissions. I am thinking of about 30-50 hymns.
I would like the focus to be mostly traditional-style hymn tunes -- not worship songs -- and the majority of the book should be suitable for congregational singing when accompanied by organ or piano, or by non-percussion acoustic instruments doubling vocal lines. The words can be a mixture of new and old, but I would like new ones to be as inclusive as possible. I'm open to material in a range of styles within the congregational hymn-singing tradition (Lutheran hymnody has a different flavour to English, for example).
If possible I'd like to publish two print editions using lulu: one with full music, and one with melody (and chord symbols if appropriate). No, I'm not going to publish a words-only version, even if we do a third edition with large print. This is sortof a second project, really, but the hymnal itself will be published with the possibility of print in mind. It may be worth pitching the finished product to the RSCM and similar; they can sell it as a "photocopiable resource" even to parishes that don't have a CCLI licence. And selling hard copies could in theory make it possible to pay editors and contributors.
What I want to do this week is:
a) find two or three possible co-editors to help me with things like choosing words, judging submissions by people who want to contribute, proofreading, and so on. I have a few people in mind but don't know if they'll say "yes" and I know I can't do this alone. I haven't yet worked out how I might be able to pay them, but I would like to, even if it is only a token fee; but it isn't impossible, since I'll be getting paid for new works through Patreon.
b) issue a Call for Material with a deadline sometime in August so that I can breathe and do the other projects that are vying for my attention this summer (Mystery Plays and Song Cycle). The call will be for words, music or both. It needs to make absolutely clear the CC BY-SA or CC BY-SA-NC nature of the project! And it needs to have an attached e-mail address or form or something (this is easy) so I can have all the submissions in one place, not scattered about here, there and everywhere on the internet.
c) work out a reasonable timeline for the other parts of the project.
d) write some kind of update for my Patreon sponsors so they see I am following through on this
e) return to my scheduled panic about Holy Week.
This means, potential co-editors, that this week I would want a bit of help clarifying the wording of the Call for Material, but other than that you're off the hook until August.
Comments? Suggestions? Questions? Offers of help?
The project is a (small) hymnal, with all the work in it released under CC BY-SA or CC BY-SA-NC, and released for free online. Some of the music will be stuff I've written already; some will be new. And some of it will be by other people, if I get enough submissions. I am thinking of about 30-50 hymns.
I would like the focus to be mostly traditional-style hymn tunes -- not worship songs -- and the majority of the book should be suitable for congregational singing when accompanied by organ or piano, or by non-percussion acoustic instruments doubling vocal lines. The words can be a mixture of new and old, but I would like new ones to be as inclusive as possible. I'm open to material in a range of styles within the congregational hymn-singing tradition (Lutheran hymnody has a different flavour to English, for example).
If possible I'd like to publish two print editions using lulu: one with full music, and one with melody (and chord symbols if appropriate). No, I'm not going to publish a words-only version, even if we do a third edition with large print. This is sortof a second project, really, but the hymnal itself will be published with the possibility of print in mind. It may be worth pitching the finished product to the RSCM and similar; they can sell it as a "photocopiable resource" even to parishes that don't have a CCLI licence. And selling hard copies could in theory make it possible to pay editors and contributors.
What I want to do this week is:
a) find two or three possible co-editors to help me with things like choosing words, judging submissions by people who want to contribute, proofreading, and so on. I have a few people in mind but don't know if they'll say "yes" and I know I can't do this alone. I haven't yet worked out how I might be able to pay them, but I would like to, even if it is only a token fee; but it isn't impossible, since I'll be getting paid for new works through Patreon.
b) issue a Call for Material with a deadline sometime in August so that I can breathe and do the other projects that are vying for my attention this summer (Mystery Plays and Song Cycle). The call will be for words, music or both. It needs to make absolutely clear the CC BY-SA or CC BY-SA-NC nature of the project! And it needs to have an attached e-mail address or form or something (this is easy) so I can have all the submissions in one place, not scattered about here, there and everywhere on the internet.
c) work out a reasonable timeline for the other parts of the project.
d) write some kind of update for my Patreon sponsors so they see I am following through on this
e) return to my scheduled panic about Holy Week.
This means, potential co-editors, that this week I would want a bit of help clarifying the wording of the Call for Material, but other than that you're off the hook until August.
Comments? Suggestions? Questions? Offers of help?