And boy does it feel good. We finished tracking at around 11:00 this morning, about an hour ahead of schedule, which allowed for the photo shoot to take place immediately after...quite convenient if I may say so myself.
The session went well even though the material proved to be the most challenging - Farewell to Stromness is super-exposed, and A Dance for Muriel is just wicked tricky. We did quite a number of takes and "spotting", and I'm afraid quite a bit of editing will be involved with these particular tunes (along with some of the other ones, who am I kidding...)
Special props to Elliot for being extra helpful with feedback and guidance today.Stay tuned to see some of Matthew's great photos!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
2nd Day Recount
The second recording session did not seem to be born under a lucky star, especially with the Massive Weekend Cancellation Event I referenced in the last post. However, sometimes things just seem to work better a certain way.
Elliot and I were in the studio and ready to go at 3:00 on Monday, and I launched on the two Taraffo songs with a slight concern of being short on time; I mean, this is substantially more challenging stuff than what I recorded the previous week, so I was worried we might end up in measure-by-measure land pretty quickly.
Fortunately the fingers seemed to be compliant, and by the end of the day we even shot past our initial target of three tunes, having taken both Sakura and the Scarlatti down alongside with Stefania and the Tarantella.
Tomorrow we'll go in early in the morning (for us), and Matt should even show up for some pictures. Only two tracks to go, and then it's off to editing.
Elliot and I were in the studio and ready to go at 3:00 on Monday, and I launched on the two Taraffo songs with a slight concern of being short on time; I mean, this is substantially more challenging stuff than what I recorded the previous week, so I was worried we might end up in measure-by-measure land pretty quickly.
Fortunately the fingers seemed to be compliant, and by the end of the day we even shot past our initial target of three tunes, having taken both Sakura and the Scarlatti down alongside with Stefania and the Tarantella.
Tomorrow we'll go in early in the morning (for us), and Matt should even show up for some pictures. Only two tracks to go, and then it's off to editing.
Monday, August 25, 2008
A slight delay
So, the weekend's two recording sessions had to be canceled due to a scheduling mishap - the hall was being used all day for vocal auditions, a very, very big deal involving more than a hundred singers at the school. Fortunately we had a backup session (later today) and I managed to schedule another one for Wednesday; in case we don't get to finish tracking by then we'll probably start editing what we have and get a final round in the studio next week. Updates to follow.
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