Rumor has it that there is a grace period of sorts where intellectual property rights are waived when posting videos on the web. After all, everybody does it all the time, don’t they? For years, people believed that as long as a video clip or sound file was under a certain number of seconds it could be used without securing permission of the copyright holder. That is entirely bogus.

June 20, 2013, 10:20 AM: My plane’s wheels touched down on the runway at JFK airport. After several hours in the air and an overnight layover at MSP airport in Minneapolis/St. Paul, I had arrived in New York City, my new home. After disembarking from the aircraft and gathering my luggage, I found my way to a car and caught a ride to the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.

A few months ago, our chorus decided to put together an online fundraising campaign. It has been an incredible learning experience, and we were pleased to find that it was not only effective - but much easier to set up than we ever anticipated. You can check out our campaign here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-voices-of-gotham-chorus