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* format lyrics, and pass a sample song to Kelsey in order to find out how much will fit on a page
 
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Principal tasks:
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* ensuring that we have the texts for all 19 songs (see bit.ly/GhanaCD  or cassette label for track list), and putting them in order
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* formatting and checking the Ewe text and translation (e.g. making 2 columns if we decide to do that...) - by reference to the audio recording
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* reducing text as much as possible by eliminating repeats (which can be indicated in other ways)
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* generating one tentative lyrics file I can send to Kelsey, so she can decide on the best way to present it
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* including a title, title translation, and author for every song
  
 
== Patrick ==
 
== Patrick ==

Revision as of 14:49, 15 January 2010

Ewe singer-composer-poets of Ghana (ESCPG) CD project

Title

Kinka: traditional songs from Avenorpedo (Volta Region, Ghana)

Credits

Performer credits

Kwasi Norvor Afornorfe: composer, poet, lead singer

Production credits

  • all people mentioned on the cassette
  • Kelsey
  • Kreisha
  • Patrick

Thanks

  • University of Alberta Faculty of Arts SAS grant
  • Dept of Music Presidents' Fund



Tracks

Audio

KINKA

  • Medo agoo na mi
  • Agbemefu wo
  • Gbet? nye t? goglo
  • Kugbeawo ta
  • Miva mido gbe da de South Africa ta
  • Africa dukpl?lawo
  • When my star will shine
  • Miv?gbet?

KINKA HATSIATSIA

  • AblOde vua di go
  • Dze dom wo le
  • Gbe ka gOe mefo ve
  • Yehowa nye kplOla nye
  • Mele klo dzi na afetO

SINGA

  • Miawo vua va agbo dzi
  • Midi vinyewo nam
  • HenO Amu be Ha ku na va
  • Nyigba li
  • Mele ku vOm
  • MeyOe metO o

Video

If space permits: One track containing Kinka drumming call and response patterns (accompanied by transcription in the liner notes). However there may not be room - the cassette probably already contains nearly a CD's worth of music. Will have to check this.

Design

Specs

4+1 booklet (color on the outside, b&w inside), 4+4 traycard (color on both sides), color CD face

Text

450 words is absolute max for one page, and that's with 7pt type and basically no graphic element. 350 words/page would be closer to ideal, because that gives room to add in a heading, graphic element, or loosen up the text a bit (so it doesn't look so heavy).

Lose roughly 100 words for every picture placed on a page, if the page is quartered and one quarter is removed for an image.

Use Doulos unicode font for Ewe characters: http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSILfont

Booklet

Outline

Telescopic liner notes (moving from broader to narrower categories) Main source: Frishkopf MA thesis. Other sources: TBA

Preface: Orthography - Ewe letters and sounds

  1. Ewe people overview, history and culture, social organizations, performance/ritual life, with map indicating also location of recording
  2. Ewe music, generally. Contexts, concept of drum, with diagrams. Ref: literature on Ewe music, CDs available.
  3. funeral societies in Ewe society. General – refs. Lebene haborbor in particular. Typical performance contexts and content (e.g. siga and kinka)
  4. music and funeral societies. Provide typical context and content of performance, outlining roles of siga and kinka.
  5. Kinka drum detailed overview. Delineate structures and performance sections, in context of their use, special role of the composer - poets
  6. Active composer/singer tradition, for “new” recreational Ewe pieces, such as kinka. Ref. literature, mf thesis, new research.
  7. Norvor: bio, photos, interviews, other musicians.
  8. audio: track by track summary: texts (ewe & translation), norvor comments, notations for c/r by track

Mockups

The following pages will contain mockups of each 2 page spread (one page each for the front and back). Note that all photos are b&w -- except for the front and the back. At least 1 page (perhaps 2) will contain the map. The last booklet page will probably contain credits, over a photo. (The back of the CD can contain track and publication info, but not a full credits list.)

click here for templates. Just download the one page spread and duplicate it 14 times to make your 28 page booklet.

Tray

inside

back cover

CD face

MMS quote

Media:uofaquote.pdf

Tasks

Kelsey

Design. Current tasks are:

  • front cover of booklet (and CD), using pdf from cassette
  • map with new locations marked (to be used in booklet; taken from buduburam CD but in black & white)
  • running headers and footers, with page numbers and a creative flourish...

Cari

  • format lyrics, and pass a sample song to Kelsey in order to find out how much will fit on a page

Principal tasks:

  • ensuring that we have the texts for all 19 songs (see bit.ly/GhanaCD or cassette label for track list), and putting them in order
  • formatting and checking the Ewe text and translation (e.g. making 2 columns if we decide to do that...) - by reference to the audio recording
  • reducing text as much as possible by eliminating repeats (which can be indicated in other ways)
  • generating one tentative lyrics file I can send to Kelsey, so she can decide on the best way to present it
  • including a title, title translation, and author for every song

Patrick

  • select photos, esp. for tray (front and back), CD face, and back cover of booklet (all are color images)
  • type up cassette data using Doulos font, so it can be reused on CD

Michael

  • pull together audio CDs
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