Welcome to the beta 2 version of TortoiseClimbing's™ entirely new website.
NOTE. This new website will replace the original .com website, and become TortoiseClimbing's™ new permanant website. During development of beta versions for this new website, it is hosted under the separate URL: TortiseClimbing.net. The plan is to migrate this completely new website to the original .com URL. When migrated, this .net URL will be automatically redirected to the .com URL. So, any references you establish will continue to have trouble free access to this information.
Check out the considerable information about these projects. This includes detailed credits for each of the many persons involved in helping with each of the projects. The most expansive details are about the making of the Hymns and Songs for Living recording.
You can access each major category of information by first clicking on the appropriate category on the Top/master menu found along the top of each webpage. Then burrow deeper by clicking on any dropdown submenu that interests you. The deepest details are under Recordings.
Many webpages under "Recordings" and "Publications" also contain a Dropdown SubMenu box located at the top left, immediately under the Master menu bar. Those submenus provide access to numerous additional detailed webpages that expand on materials in the Master menu summary page. Click on any Dropdown SubMenu and a list of additional other webpages related to the webpage you are on will dropdown. Clicking on any of those dropdown links will take you to those webpages, with return links.
Updated 6/29/2022
Detailed edits of content continuing to make updates/edits, revisions and expansions. There remain several incomplete credit pages for musicians who were part of creating the Hymns and Songs for Living album. Still hoping to receive feedback from them to finalize their credit pages. Outreach to obtain info to update their placeholder credit pages is continuing.
(6-19&20-22) Added Google Structured Data information about the existing Html breadcrumbs on every webpage to enable Google to incorporate the breadcrumb information into its index information.
(4-24-2022) Added new webpages describing the first ever mastering to be performed on the 1959 performances of the Annapolis High School choirs from the classes of 1959, 60 and 61 of John Stainer's, The Crucifixion.
(4-18-22) Completed sitewide upgrade as part of replacing web fonts. Various new capabilities added, including a new look-and-feel and mobile friendly.
Replaced all Adobe Edge fonts because Adobe announced they are discontinuing that service. The fonts selected from Google's Content Delivery Network (CDN) server for fonts are easier to read.
Added logo for TortoiseClimbing™ to all pages of website.
Updated and expanded most of the webpages by including a button at the bottom to enable users to easily initiate provision of comments about each webpage. That function passes the name of the webpage from which they initiated the comment, thus assisting in linking the comment to the webpage about which the user is commenting.
Prepared collaboration materials for online editing with Ms. Heidi Gerber-Salins (Phase I producer, et al) to gather her refinement inputs on webpages about her and her mom. Waiting on her to have time to work with me to review and comment.
(4-26-2022) Expanded capabilities of TortoiseClimbing™'s 404 Error message for Page Not Found. Added a link enabling users to go back to the previous page where they triggered that error message, and from that webpage initiate submission of a comment about the broken link.
(6-27 & 28) Update - First studio sessions held that began final mixing. Working from extensive notes for desired audio edits, the Producer and Audio Engineer began final process of refining working draft mixes into draft final mixes. Completed final editing of 3 additional hymns and 1 of the songs. That is in addition to having previously finished final draft mix of "Amazing Grace." (Mixes will be reviewed again to determine if we missed anything that might need further tweeking before being declared final. Schedule it to complete before end of this year - 2022.)
Advance Notice (5-27-2022). Creating first ever mastered version of the 1959 performace of The Crucifixion by the Annapolis High School (AHS) combined choirs from classes of 1959, 1960 and 1961. The plan is to:
(See The Crucifixion.) Additional details will follow.
Previouly finished:
Welcome Home:
Handbells and Shuttle Pipe (Baby Bagpipe):
On 9-11 & 12, 2020 worked with Wayne Morrison, and Westminster Ringers offsite in Westminster to record:
On 10-8-2020, recorded:
Cello parts now used as introduction to "Amazing Grace" (both melody and harmony lines);
On 11-12-2020:
Used newly acquired audio editing software and successfully transposed key of shuttle pipe to key of "Amazing Grace" recording for use with the handbells in the interlude.
6/12/2021
The focus of earlier work was on recording the augmenting vocal harmony parts and completing mixes of the most complicated hymns with many parts. Those recordings are completed and pending detailed final mixing.
During September 2020 - January 2022:
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