Beta choirs progress

It has been busy busy busy here at Songs for all Seasons Central HQ (aka, my front room!)

The tutorial videos are all uploaded and I have started doing my Song of the Day feature which I am linking to from here and from Facebook.  I have also created an Instagram account and my teenager taught me how to do stories so I could link the story to the videos on Youtube. All of this social media activity is creating some video views, which is very exciting.

But the next big step on the project plan is to start the Beta testing phase. This will involve me contacting a bunch of choirs and inviting them to be Beta testers, basically to learn one of my songs and send a video recording back to me along with some feedback. 

I was strongly advised to put a Beta Test Agreement in place, which reads a little scary but is basically to protect my copyright and ensure the songs I send out are only used for the purposes I intend them to be used as and not resold or redistributed.

So the Ts and Cs are written and I have also created a Google form for interested choirs to complete. This will gather contact details of the choirs as well as some information I require such as skill level, etc.

The links to both the Beta Test Agreement and the Google form will appear on this website to launch the Beta test stage.

The final stage of Beta testing preparation is for me to write the wording of the invitation and then the Beta testing stage will officially begin!

Watch this space for more details coming soon!

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