We have to remember that recording music using digital equipment is not a performing art. It really is more like sculpture, painting or writing poetry in that it can be edited at any time, unlike a performance.
Whoever pays for the recording gets to call the shots, not the engineer unless everyone else is so inexperienced that they don't know what to do. My philosophy about recording in particular and music in general is that the music should sound good to the listener of today. If you can find a way to play or sing it now that sounds better than the way in which it was performed earlier, by all means, go for it. If a particular instrument is inadible, it might as well not even be there, in which case you have wasted your money on recording the track. It is not only about player's egos, it's about getting a good sound from the mix. When I record, usually no other musician records with me. I record several tracks and the engineer mixes them according to my very detailed instructions. I will not hesitate to eliminate a track if it makes the mix sound bad. I believe that the best results in recordings are achieved by a good mix - some instruments or voices louder than others but all should be audible. Best, Marion -----Original Message----- From: Martyn Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 3, 2005 1:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Vihuela Net <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Ensemble music with Vihuela But as Roman has already pointed out, a recording tells us very little. Much depends on the whims of recording engineers, who like to have all instruments audible even where not true to life, and the understandable egos of players, who also like to have their efforts heard; again even when this is implausible. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas: If you can find the recording "O Dolce Vita" of Tragicomedia with the King's Singers you can hear the vihuela used very effectively and audibly in the ensemble setting in the hands of Stephen Stubbs. Kenneth -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --
