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Category Archives: belly dance

il Troubadore and Deserae at the Opening of A Klingon Christmas Carol

A Klingon Christmas Carol

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Friday night was officially the longest night and to celebrate my band, the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project (otherwise known as bomwI’pu’ on the planet Qo’noS), opened for Commedia Beauregard‘s […]

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belly dance, Bellydance, klingon, klingon music, tlhIngan QoQ, xenomusic
Wookiee-Bellydance

Wookiee Bellydance + Klingon Band

October 4, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 6 Comments

UPDATES: (Oct. 8, 2012) Word of the Nerd Podcast interview with me about the Wookiee Bellydance video! (Oct. 22, 2012) Just signed a release for the usage of the video […]

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belly dance, Bellydance, Composing
If you think your music is a difficult sell, try playing a piece of amplified sheet metal.  Jon Silpayamanant as Noiseman433 performing in St. Louis (9 May 2003) during the Rotten Piece 2003 Tour.  Photo by Carol Kelly.

Which Came First, the Music or the Brand?

July 16, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

As I mentioned in a previous post, if you’ve Branded yourself well, then Marketing (to raise awareness about your music) and Selling (to get gigs) should be much easier to […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Audiences, belly dance, Bellydance, Economics, klingon, klingon music
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Grand Rights and Belly Dance

June 10, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

I’m in the middle of writing a “Grand Rights” primer for dancers which will likely be a separate web page rather than simply a blog post.  Copyright issues and copyright […]

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Arts Education, belly dance, Bellydance, Economics, Education, Music, Research, Resources

Why bellydancers, anyway? (part 3) “confessions of a bellydance musician”

July 28, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

This one is four years coming.  I can’t even remember if I ever posted the “part 3″ or not, but was considering blogging about some things relating to being a […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Arts Education, belly dance, Bellydance, Education, Music, Origins, pedagogy, Performance, Performance Ethics

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