Well thank you Dave for that glowing review of Le Son du Bois, and for appreciating the production. I do believe that an instrument like the hurdy-gurdy needs a good studio with good microphones and a good engineer. Home studios are fine if you are only playing an electronic keyboard one-handed whilst working the studio with the other hand. Try that with a gurdy and the instrument does not get the attention it deserves. Re downloads. There is a bit of admin involved in setting it up, I signed to Cadiz music who did the technical stuff for me; however, although they are happy to distribute so-called "minority music" ie hurdy-gurdies, it is not easy for the casual buyer to find on ITunes etc without full link information. Basically, Madonna and U2 are in the shop window, Martin Carthy is prominent in the folk section and the likes of hurdy-gurdy music is in the internet equivalent of being under a pile of books in a dark corner of the stockroom. There is not too much money in downloads as I think most people in our field prefer to pay extra for the cd, as it includes composer credits, sleeve notes and musician listings that downloads don't. I went through a brief period of buying downloads but now buy the cd and put it on my ipod. I have some great musicians on my albums and in the world of downloads they don't get credited, neither do the luthiers without whome the sounds we make would not be possible. To give your download the same benefits as the cd I will happily let you have a copy of the sleeve. Yes I do seem to be featuring more songs. I am particularly interested in exploring the hurdy-gurdy in the context of songs and it is proving popular with some people; however, people into gurdies tend to prefer the instrumental stuff. Cheers Phil
Philip G Martin aka Drohne www.drohne.co.uk --- On Tue, 5/5/09, Dave Holland <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dave Holland <[email protected]> Subject: [HG-new] Re: Making a living playing gurdy. To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 5 May, 2009, 5:44 PM On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 10:44:18AM +0000, JULIE BARKER wrote: > O yes, you have to put in a lot of dull administration work promoting your gurdy-playing activities, which brings me neatly to.... > The latest album by Drohne aka Philip G Martin is available by emailing me at [email protected] or as a download from ITunes [link on www.drohne.co.uk ]. Hi Phil, I bought that from HMV Digital at the weekend and I'm glad I did, the album's very enjoyable (and well-produced, naturally). I don't remember hearing a car engine opening an album before... and your take on "Derriere Chez Nous" was marvellous. Am I misremembering or are you including more songs than on previous albums? Out of interest - and if it's too personal, just say so: how do the various online sales outlets compare in terms of admin effort required, fee/percent charged, that sort of thing? How receptive are they to such niche music as hurdy-gurdy recordings? Cheers, Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
