Sunday, March 25, 2012
Greetings!
Well, it's taken a lot longer than I expected, but I've finished recording of the Ceastra suite.
So until it is published, here is a clip that has a tiny sample of most of the main movements smashed together in it. It's a bit frantic and the cuts are jerky: would be much nicer if I could put up the whole thing. Anyway, this what I can give you for now.
The audio converter YouTube uses adds a bit of odd distortion too. But it is what it is for now.
The suite will be available early May. Stay tuned!
Peace
Ceastra - Suite Preview
Saturday, March 17, 2012
[REC] Again
Back in the studio today... in the perfect mood to add in the much needed melody lines in the final piece.
I'm using a beautiful expressive oboe line for it. It melds wonderfully with the string quartette in the beginning.
The thing about making a synthetic/sampled woodwind instrument sound natural and believable is to pay close attention to its most obvious traits - it is monophonic, and it played by breath... so when performing the part, make sure no two notes played in succession overlap at all, and leave a reasonable amount of breathing room between phrases. I've heard many keyboardist in the past miss this first rule, and it always is a audio poke in the face to me that distracts from the intent of the performance.
Anyway, today, I will be completely done with the first and last movements of the composition.
Tomorrow, I'm scheduled to record additional percussion and sweetening tracks for The Bridge. And then sit down with a nice (pot of?) Irish Coffee to tackle the final mix and mastering.
I'm using a beautiful expressive oboe line for it. It melds wonderfully with the string quartette in the beginning.
The thing about making a synthetic/sampled woodwind instrument sound natural and believable is to pay close attention to its most obvious traits - it is monophonic, and it played by breath... so when performing the part, make sure no two notes played in succession overlap at all, and leave a reasonable amount of breathing room between phrases. I've heard many keyboardist in the past miss this first rule, and it always is a audio poke in the face to me that distracts from the intent of the performance.
Anyway, today, I will be completely done with the first and last movements of the composition.
Tomorrow, I'm scheduled to record additional percussion and sweetening tracks for The Bridge. And then sit down with a nice (pot of?) Irish Coffee to tackle the final mix and mastering.
