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Singingasong.net

Posted by on 25 Apr 2013 | Tagged as: blog

My new site about singing “SingingASong.net is now live at:

 http://singingasong.net/

You really need to investigate it.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy what you’ll find:

What is singing;  Where to learn from books from my Amazon store, online courses;

Where to find some fine online Karaoke sites;   and much more is or will soon be available there.

Visit it and leave your comments and observations about singing there.In a studio or at home

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My Pilgrim Ancestors

Posted by on 24 Mar 2013 | Tagged as: blog

I did a recording of  Chim Chim Cher-ee on the Sing Snap Online Karaoke Site. It’s the chimney sweep song from the movie “Mary Poppins”.

When listened to it sung by Les Thompson, he commented on it.

How amazing Dick van Dyke was back then, Jay.

And you brought back some great movie moments with this choice.

Fabulous performance!

Les  (of Australia and Europe)

Then I answered and related how I had a connection to Dick Van Dyke through a common ancestor.

” Les,

Thanks for the stop by and comment.
Dick Van Dyke is a distant cousin of mine as is Kris Kristofferson.
To bad their success didn’t rub off on me.
Have a great day.
Jay”

His reply was:

That’s amazing, Jay…I knew about Kris…but Dick van Dyke as well?…talent’s in the blood!

No wonder you do those show tunes so well!!

Cheers to that!

Les.

Mine back:  “Maybe But I am amazed at how many of extended family have interest in acting and singing. There are so many and so I wonder how many of my SS friends are somehow related closer than I know.”

” Actor Dick Van Dyke

Francis Cooke > Hester Cooke > Esther Wright > Isaac Tinkham > Nathan Tinkham > Isaiah Tinkham > Susannah Tinkman > David Lorenzo Child > Susan Child > Charles McCord > Hazel McCord > Dick VanDyke
Can’t trace mine tonight must be off to bed. But I tie in at Ester Wright To the Cooks of Mayflower fame.”

The next day Gregory Brown of NC commented on the recording: “I was young enough to see this movie in the theater during its first run. I always loved this song and you bring out the magic in it.  I may have to start calling you BroadJay Van Dike”

I found my way back to Ester Wright.

Francis & Hester Cook>Ester (Richard)> to Adam(Sarah)Wright>Mary Wright (Jeremy)Gifford>Peleg(Abigail Shephard)Gifford>Noah(Mary Bowerman)Gifford>

Alpheus(Anna Nash)Gifford>Samuel Kendell(Lora Anne DeMille)Gifford>Oliver

DeMille(Alice virginia Allred)Gifford>John Jones(Fanny Crawford)Gifford>Ellen Gifford

(Donald Joseph Watson Beacham)Beacham>Albert Jay Beacham(Virginia Marie Stannard).

Francis and Hester Cook were Mayflower pilgrims as were George & Mary Beckett(Bucket) Soule.

George & Mary Beckett Soule>Benjamin Soule>Sarah Soule Wright mother of Mary Wright.

Lots of folks descend from the original Mayflower immigrants.

I also go back to William Brewster.

Lots of famous descendants of those people.

Well maybe someday I’ll be famous  too.

But until then it’s fun to learn about.

Are you a descendant of those folks of the first Mayflower voyage?

One chart shows I go to the famous John Howland.

Today I meet Richard Knupfer of Ivins. He came to my house to visit.

He says his 13th removed cousin is his wife, she goes back to Francis Cook also.

He ties back into my line somewhere before  Charlemagne who I tie to.

It’s amazing how everyone is related and not so far back in some cases.

Tennessee Ernie Ford  was right to call everyone “Cous” caus’ we are.

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What’s Wrong With Green?

Posted by on 23 Mar 2013 | Tagged as: blog

Spring is here and the poisons come out.

Every spring, the poisons start getting all over as the eager gardeners and the weed haters, bug haters start pumping out the poison at an alarming rate.

I live in southwestern Utah under red rock cliffs-color country.

Folks leave here for the eastern USA or for the Pacific Northwest or Europe and marvel at “all the green”.

But as soon as green starts popping up on the ground here, these same professed green lovers “freak out” about “the green in my yard”. Then an all out war with chemicals of all sorts begins.  They really hate green.

Several friends of mine were in Vietnam and the effects of Agent Orange have been devastating to all of them.  Many are even now dead from those effects.  Agent Orange, 2-4D, Round Up are all in the same chemical family. The weed killers to destroy the hated green.

But that isn’t all, they tell me that DDT and other pesticides were rained upon them in camps to protect from the dreaded mosquito.  The bug killers used today have just as drastic of effects on people.

People get ill when the spring winds blow this stuff all over, when put on lawns and gardens, around and inside of all buildings.

There are alternative that aren’t dangerous as are the poisons.

For weeds: Go pull them, get the lawn mower out, dig or cover the things.

For bugs: Use citrus oils, soaps, boric acid and the like.

What’s wrong with green?

Stop killing people.

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Remembering my days at KDXU radio during the late 1960s

Posted by on 25 Feb 2013 | Tagged as: blog

I worked at KDXU radio 1450 am during the late 1960s.  At a concert where I sang recently,  I told about the radio station between songs relating the kinds of equipment we used to play music, turntables for 45s and LPs, reel to reel tape players, 8 track tape players etc.

Afterwards, a man came up and said, “You must have seen a lot of changes here over the years.”  Yes I have. 

And so I wrote about some of those experiences at the radio station and added a few slides to my reading and published it on You Tube.

Some of what happened was humorous and so I think you’ll like listening to the 7 min 36 sec. presentation.   It’s at:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEKcOjrUNb8

Let me know how you like it.

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Who’s the ugliest guy in your County?

Posted by on 24 Feb 2013 | Tagged as: blog

I published a video blog “The Ugliest Man in Washington County, Utah.”

Check it out:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BDtQ8V-NL4

Published on Jan 30, 2013

 

I want to thank The Country Magazine and the author (Harold Callahan) of “The Ugliest Man in Leslie County Kentucky for the inspiration for my tale of “The Ugliest man in Washington County Utah”. The article appeared in the 1993 March/April edition. Mr. Callahan’s story is short but very funny. You need to find it and read it. There are similarities in my story but as you will discover its much different. And the guy in Leslie County may be uglier.

 

I’ve found some other ugly story ideas.  A fun one you can try is the Ugliest Man Skit that the Boy Scouts do.   Here it is:

 Scout kit found 

Ugliest Man Skit

Action

Sales Person: Step right up, Step right up and see the ugliest man on the planet for a fee of just 25 cents!

Scout 1: i can take this.( first scout walsks up, peeks under nekerchief, and faints.)

(keep doing this until you get to the last scout.)

Last Scout: i bet he’s not that ugly,” walks up, takes neckerchief of of ugly man, and then the ugly man faints making the last customer the ugliest man.

Equipment

Neckerchief, Chair, 5-6 People

Preparation

1 salesperson, 1 person to be ugly man, 3-4 customer’s, put neckerchief over ugly man’s head

 

Have fun.

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Why would anyone possibly want these?

Posted by on 23 Feb 2013 | Tagged as: blog

devil’s claw seed podsI put a listing for Devil’s Claw Seed Pods on Ebay and then posted it to Face Book.

http://www.ebay.com/soc/itm/200898253691?roken=v0B7qy

A friend asked:  “Why would anyone possibly want these? I don’t mean to be rude at all, I am just curious if they are good for anything.”

I responded:

A lady school teacher bought some for Christmas tree ornaments in December and they are used in other crafts. They are companion plants for tomatoes drawing bugs away from the tomato plants.  Learn more at:  http://www.squidoo.com/MYYARDSALE#module85423751

Devil’s claw is also used for making health supplements.

A great many things are made out of the plants.

The myyardsale category gives links to some very informative web pages.

Learn more and buy some.

Here’s a place to get some alternate health supplement information.

http://osteoarthritis.about.com/od/alternativetreatments/a/devils_claw.htm

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Where have you traveled?

Posted by on 22 Feb 2013 | Tagged as: blog

I recorded my version of Geoff Mack’s United States “I’ve been everywhere” song.

What a tongue twister it is. It was fun to do.

 http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/r/b886208a2

Give it a listen.

Been interested in the comments of my Sing Snap friends.

The comments on the recording page are mostly from Les Thompson who operates  Classical Tours in Europe. And he is a world traveler.

He got me searching the song. I found The Aussie version by several, the great Hank Snow, Lynn Anderson, Johnny Cash USA versions, A Canadian version  that was fun, then a Texas version(on You Tube of course) that was great. I’ve not found the England or New Zealand versions yet but will one day. I’ve even started to formulated a Utah or South West Utah tri-state version.

Well on to some of the comments:

” Wish I’d been there in the passengers seat!””Man…I haven’t been any of those places! I need to get started!!!!”-Gregory B.

“so here is my radio on

tongue twisting aawwww
eeeeehhhaaaaa

Fantastic as always my friend

oh my i cant do that hahahha
great job!!!”-Dana H.

 “Guess I’m a homebody… i’ve only been to Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio! Ohhh forgot one… I’ve been to the state of Georgia too! lol.”-Georgia S.

I’ve been to 16 of the places mentioned in the song.

My reply to Georgia sums it up.

Well you should have been to Georgia.

I was in Europe for 22 months 1969-1972 in Austria mostly.

LA at 16 for a FCC exam.

Nevada of course which is close by.

Lived in Oregon twice and worked in Wyoming.

And the travel in between all those places.

Then my oldest son was in the Air Force so in moving him and his first wife I got back your way  and to NC and SC and your states but not to Ohio.

I was amazed at how many Air Force facilities there are across the country.

And my Children are travelers. 3 grand sons were born in Hawaii and one in New Caledonia. They have been to Australia, New Zealand and Figi. They just moved here last year. One daughter in law was Mrs. Washington one year. That son attended school in Washington state and Idaho, and SC and Florida where he now lives. The older boy two years in Michigan before he married and joined the Air Force. The other in SC and Georgia before school and marriage, the youngest loves road trips, he and his wife live near Salt Lake City, Utah. If I had money I’d have gone to New Caledonia and back to Austria.

Would love to see friends all over the world but I get violent motion sickness and avoid travel when ever I can.

“To Air Sickness”

When I was but a little lad,

I used to think I’d be quite glad

To be above the cloud you see,

My parents would be proud of me.

But since I’ve grown a little bit,

Several times I’ve been forced to sit

Aboard those airplanes both big and small,

And all the joy from the flying feat

Was lost there in my seat.

You think it’s funny what I say,

I used the bag again today

And rued the time as little lad

That I thought flying would make me glad.

Well thanks for  your time.

Jay Beacham

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Make a video to post on You Tube

Posted by on 22 Feb 2013 | Tagged as: blog

 I referred a friend to a story video I’d posted on my You Tube channel.

This is her response:

“HI JAY, I’M ON MY WAY TO LISTEN TO YOU ON YOU TUBE, JUST A ? FOR YOU FIRST. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A YOU TUBE OF MY SONGS AND I’M HAVING TROUBLE, COULD YOU TELL ME HOW YOU GOT ON THERE, IF YOU DON’T MIND, THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR FRIEND KATHLEEN”

To answer her question I wrote back.: 

To make the video.

Ist  set up a You Tube account.

2nd record a video on your computer or use the Sing Snap original recorder and save it to your computer.

3rd go to your your Tube account video manager page

4th at top of page there is a small upload button

5th click on the word upload

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload

6th select the video from your computer files that you want

It takes a while ten minutes or more to up load the video and when done you will be notified.

Good luck and let me know when you get them up and running and send me your link and I’ll visit and subscribe to your channel.

Thanks for watching mine and good luck with yours.

Jay

It’s a lot of fun to do and even if your quality isn’t the best, you may be surprized at how many views you get. But don’t get down hearted if few or no one watches because You Tube has millions of videos.

Good luck on your You Tube channel and have fun.

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Making videos for on line publication.

Posted by on 19 Feb 2013 | Tagged as: blog

I’ve watched many online marketing videos.

Some are very polished. Some are very course.

The very polished ones are great and the unpolished ones are good and could be better even when they are unscripted presentations.

I’ll explain this in two letters I wrote to Jordan Schultz of Empowernetwork and Brendon Burchard of Experts academy.

Here they are in one:

Dear Brendon,

Thanks for all you do for people in general and me in particular.

I love your videos.

But think I can help you make them better.

I’ve watched Jordan Schultz and this video team several times and their flittey eye move movements

are very distracting. 

I wrote him about it and am including the letter with links for you too as sometimes you do the same.

Here it is:

“Dear Jordan,

You may call it an excuse but with the house in foreclosure, the farm on the over due tax sales block, credit card debt and very little work for 8 months, I don’t have $25 per month to pay for your program.

I’ve blogged and emailed and made sites, etc and etc for 15 years and the first money to come in Jan 31 in years was $42 from my Amazon affillate.

I’ve watched you and Amy(Starr Allen) and Chris(Rocheleau) several times, and I can help you.

Chris is better than you or Amy at looking directly into the camera when just talking.(See his advise at the bottom)

I can give you instructions on camera presence if you have any interest in it.

Here are some examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMA2TGrq2_E

When you need to find the right word or something else to say, stop and look away if you must but don’t keep talking while you are looking away.

I’m talking just off the cuff here.Except for when I read the list of the five things to do at the end.

Or here is another example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZF5HyNBWx0

I’m reading but then look up to do most of the talking.

Your looking away from the camera needs to have a purpose not be just because you are fishing for the next thing to say.

One girl from Texas explained me doing this:

“I had to look for a vid by you I love this song and it feels like your singing it right to me, wow amazing how you look right thru the cam like you do, lol, ************************hugs, Brenda”

She was talking about this song recording I did on a Karaoke site.

http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/b08f0f2e0

That’ how you connect with your audience.

An example on my tips of the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqpIVdIsh_E

The resolution of the camera is bad but you can get the idea about the eye contact.


Could you use me to give instructions to your group?

Thanks.

Jay Beacham

http://jaybeacham.com/

435-628-7809 “


Let me help you too and your people with camera presence and voice coaching.

Thanks for your time.

Jay Beacham

(Chris Rocheleau says to be yourself, be real, record your inspiration and things will flow.  Video success is about “you being you”.) 

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What is President’s Day? Just another holiday?

Posted by on 17 Feb 2013 | Tagged as: blog

 

Is it all about sales?

Find out about the day @ http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day

See a video about George Washington@

http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day/videos#george-washington

His birthday anniversary falls on the 22nd of February.

See a video about Abraham Lincoln @

http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day/videos#abraham-lincoln

These two men are very important to our country.

We should continue to celebrate their lives like we used to do in elementary school.

Remember?

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