Friday, December 13, 2024

Episode 731 - "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

 


Part Stark Session, and part test drive of a new arrangement of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” on the mountain dulcimer by Bing Futch.
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Friday, December 06, 2024

Episode 730 - "White Christmas"

 


The Stark Sessions are bare-bones song studies usually shot in high contrast black and white with no dialogue, allowing viewers to focus on the tune at hand. Bing chose to go with color for this episode to highlight his Christmas attire. The tune is Irving Berlin's classic “White Christmas.”
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Friday, November 29, 2024

Episode 729 - "Live Scoring A Balloon Launch"

 


Bing performs a live soundtrack for the hot-air balloon ascension at the 2024 Carolina BalloonFest in Statesville, North Carolina.
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Friday, November 22, 2024

Episode 728 - "A 'Spoonful' Of Evart"

 


Bing Futch performs the old Willie Dixon blues tune, “Spoonful”, on July 19th, 2024 at the ODPC Funfest in Evart, Michigan.
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Friday, November 15, 2024

Episode 727 - "Harmonizing the Melody"

 


Bing wraps up a series on cadences by harmonizing last week's melody on the mountain dulcimer. Download the tune from: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116028572
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Friday, November 08, 2024

Episode 726 - "Melodic Cadence Exercise 2"

 


Going the next step, Bing writes a longer, more complex melody using open and closed cadences, demonstrating how to play “keep away” with the key. Download the exercise material from: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115503512
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Friday, November 01, 2024

Episode 725 - Harmonic Cadence Exercise

 


Bing takes the melody from the last episode and harmonizes it using cadences, while also going a step further into song arranging options. Download the exercise resources at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115095568
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