THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN "THE EUROPEAN MUSIC HOUR - ALL THE BEST EUROPEAN FOLK MUSIC IN ONE PLACE!" THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF HOURS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF VOLUNTARY WORK TO EXPLORE DIVERSE EUROPEAN MUSIC THROUGH MANY CENTURIES UP TO THE PRESENT. THE PROGRAM IS IN IT'S THIRD YEAR OF PRODUCTION AND CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF TEN FULL LENGTH, BROADCAST QUALITY SHOWS.

THIS PROGRAM IS PRODUCED FOR ALL CABLE ACCESS / NON PROFIT / FAIR USE AND CONTAINS MUSICAL SELECTIONS ARRANGED IN ONE HOUR SHOWS. EACH SHOW CONTAINS A BREAK AT 27 MINUTES WHERE AN ANNOUNCEMENT CAN BE MADE, THEN THE SHOW EASILY RESUMED FROM THAT POINT.

EACH SHOW CONTAINS ANNOUNCING ONLY AT THREE POINTS, IN THE VERY BEGINNING, BEFORE THE 27:00 BREAK AND AT THE END. ANNOUNCING MAY SOUND A BIT DIFFERENT SHOW TO SHOW DUE TO FINE TUNING OF TECHNIQUES AND SAMPLING MICROPHONES. WE HAVE SETTLED ON THE MICROPHONE USED IN SHOW TEN.

TO MAKE A STEREO CD SIMPLY DROP THESE MP3 FILES INTO YOUR CD BURNING SOFTWARE AND SELECT 'MAKE MUSIC DISC', OR 'MAKE AUDIO CD'. THIS WILL CREATE A STANDARD AUDIO CD TO PLAY IN ANY CD PLAYER. EACH SOURCE MP3 WILL MAKE A SINGLE TRACK CD AND WILL PLAY THROUGH THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THAT SHOW.

** IMPORTANT TECHNICAL PLAYBACK INFORMATION FOR SOME MONO CABLE AUDIO SYSTEMS:

EACH SHOW IS CREATED DIGITALLY AND CONTAINS ELEMENTS CONSISTING OF RESTORATION, MODIFICATION, DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT AND EDITING FROM THE SOURCE MUSIC INCLUDING LP'S AND CASSETTES. DUE TO THE RESTORED DYNAMIC RANGE AND ORIGINAL CONDITION OF THE SOURCE MATERIAL, EQUALIZATION SET TO 'FLAT' MAY BE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE GIVEN YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION (CABLE SYSTEM AUDIO COMPRESSORS, LIMITERS, ETC). FAILURE TO CURVE AND *REDUCE* THE EQUALIZATION OF EXTREME HIGH AND LOW FREQUENCY AND/OR NOT MAKING A MONO-MIX OF *BOTH* STEREO CHANNELS MAY RESULT IN ABNORMAL PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE IN SOME MONO-AUDIO CABLE SYSTEMS. (MANY OF OUR OLD RECORDINGS ARE CHANNELED WITH DISTINCT RIGHT AND LEFT STEREO AUDIO, FOR EXAMPLE PERCUSSION ONLY IN LEFT AND VOCALS ONLY IN RIGHT. THIS IS PRESERVED, DUE TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE ARTIST AND WAS VERY COMMON.) BOTH CHANNELS MAY NEED TO BE MIXED TO MONO, AND FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU TAKE ONLY THE LEFT CHANNEL OUTPUT THIS WILL ONLY PLAY BACK HALF OF THE MUSIC ON THESE SONGS! THIS CAN EASILY BE SOLVED BY USING A "Y" CABLE TO COMBINE BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIGNALS, OR USING CD BURNING SOFTWARE SETTINGS TO CREATE A MONO CD OR MONO MP3 FROM THESE STEREO FILES. THESE HINTS ARE ONLY IF YOU NOTICE OUR SHOW'S VINTAGE RECORDINGS NOT SOUNDING CORRECT WHEN YOU PLAY IT OUT. **PLAYBACK IN A TRUE STEREO ENVRIONMENT WILL NEED NO MODIFICATION.**

THE MP3 FILE FORMAT CAN BE EASILY CONVERTED TO CD-AUDIO WITH MOST CD-ROM SOFTWARE, OR THE FILE CAN BE PLAYED AS IS. OUR MP3'S ARE MAXIMUM QUALITY 320kb/S 44.100khz, STEREO. A KNOWN BUG IN SOME BUNDLED MEDIA PLAYERS PREVENTS SOME MP3 FILES FROM STARTING, OR WILL *STOP* PLAYING THE FILE AT MUSIC SILENCE, THEREFORE A QUALITY **MP3 PLAYING UTILITY MUST BE USED** TO PLAY THESE MP3 FILES. EUROPEAN MUSIC HOUR USES STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGIES TO ACHIEVE THE SUPERB SOUND IT CONTAINS, AND SHOULD BE ENJOYED WITH A PAIR OF STUDIO-QUALITY STEREO HEADPHONES OR PLAYED ON DIGITAL-READY LOUDSPEAKERS. LET THE ENJOYMENT BEGIN!

** INDIVIDUAL SHOW INFORMATION, TOTAL RUN TIME (TRT) AND PLAY ROTATION RECOMMENDATIONS

Show 1: THE FIRST SHOW / PILOT: Eclectic mix, general European melodies.

TRT: 57 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round rotation

Show 2: THE SECOND SHOW: Eclectic with English and early German music.

TRT: 56 MINUTES AND 38 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round rotation

Show 3: THE CELTIC SPECIAL: Scottish, Irish and Celtic themed music.

TRT: 57 MINUTES AND 33 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round rotation, St. Patrick's Day and All Saints Day weeks

St. Patrick's Day: March 17

All Saint's Day (Halloween): October 31, November 1

Show 4: THE FOURTH SHOW: Eclectic with Italian and Alp music highlights.

TRT: 57 MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round rotation

Show 5: THE OKTOBERFEST SPECIAL: European Oktoberfest and drinking music.

TRT: 57 MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round rotation, Karneval (Fat Tuesday) and Oktoberfest weeks

Karneval (incl. MardiGras): February 19 through February 25 (apx)

Oktoberfest: 3rd week in September thru 3rd week in October

Show 6: THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS SPECIAL: Celtic winter solstice and popular holiday music with choral highlights.

TRT: 57 MINUTES AND 5 SECONDS

Recommended play: Thanksgiving through New Years only

Show 7: THE FRENCH AND GERMAN SPECIAL: French and German folk music with many sing-along highlights.

TRT: 57 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round occasional rotation and FaschingFest / Karneval / Mardi Gras month

Fasching, Karneval, MardiGras: Please play all February along with Show #5

Show 8: THE WAR MEMORIAL / REMEMBERANCE SPECIAL: Songs of sacrifice, mourning and healing with Italian highlights.

TRT: 56 MINUTES AND 55 SECONDS

Recommended play: Occasional rotation, and Memorial Day and Veteran's Day weeks

Memorial Day: Last Monday in May

Veteran's Day: November 11

Show 9: THE SPECTACULAR SPAIN SPECIAL: Ecletic Spanish variations, with popular new songs including dance-trance!

TRT: 58 MINUTES AND 42 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round rotation

Show 10: THE PARTY SHOW: Celebration of the tenth European Music Hour show, with Italian highlights to sing along to!

TRT: 57 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS

Recommended play: Year round rotation

The European Music Hour

Carson City, NV 89706

www.EuropeanMusicHour.com

www.EuropeanMusicHour.org

email: info@europeanmusichour.com