Mermaid's Tavern Guide to Zoom Singing

This post is part of a series intended to become a Mermaid’s Tavern Guide to Zoom Singing publication for folk arts organizations, feature artists, session singers, and online audiences for folk music. We welcome comments below.

NOTE Other platforms are working on real-time or near-real-time singing together over the internet. This project focuses on Zoom as the most popular platform and currently the easiest to use. Subscribe to this blog for future posts about Driveway Choirs, Bucket Brigade Singing, Virtual Choirs and apps, and other ways of making music together online.

CONTENTS (Work in Progress)

Quick Start

Sample Running Order for a Concert and Singaround

What’s Your Role?

• Role: Zoom Planner
• Role: Zoom Starter
• Role: MC, Compere, Session Leader
• Role: Zoom Host (Tech A, Engineer)
• Role: Zoom Co-Host (Tech B, House Manager, Scribe)
• Role: Feature Artist
• Role: Session Singer

What You Need

• Gear: Studio Gear
• Gear: Stage Setup
• Settings: Best Quality Sound
• Settings: Security
• Communications: Mailing List
• Finance: Tip Jar
• Finance: Ticketing

What You Do

• Who Sings When for Singarounds
• Running Order for a Concert and Singaround

Resources

• Virtual Calendars for Folk Music and Song
• How-To Guides for Zoom Singing
• Key Zoom Support Articles