Ron,
With all those flashy edits, this is more MTV than EMTV. I suppose you are
trying to appeal to the younger generation who have a limited attention
span.
Just kidding, I thought this was lovely.
morgan
p.s. I noticed tonight on EMTV the there is a special live tribute to the
Ramones on cittern! Should be exciting! I think it is called, 'If you
Baroque it, you'll pay for it'. It's on right after 'Laser Milano', the
laser light tribute to Francesco.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Andrico" <praelu...@hotmail.com>
To: <vidan...@sbcglobal.net>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 8:34 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: The End of the Golden Age
David:
We have been reading your observations with some interest and wondering
a little why you chose to make them proximate to our video posting
yesterday. The nicely edited video you posted last week did in fact
inspire Donna to try her hand at making a silk purse from the
ridiculously bad windows movie maker, which introduced some abrupt cuts
that were made worse by Youtube. But we're puzzled why you didn't make
your comments in reference to your own video.
Our video was from a session at a local recording venue, which is an
acoustically pleasing old church. The audio, which was unedited, was
by a professional engineer but the video was from a few cheap cameras,
one of which had an amateur behind it. Nothing so smooth as the very
professional steady hand that zoomed so well on your Monteverdi video.
We really had nothing to prove here - no position on meantone tuning or
anything else that would have prompted Zappa to say "shut up and play
your guitar". We were just interested in the reaction people might
have if we spent a few moments cleaning up the visuals and shared what
we thought was some good music played well with conviction and
commitment. The experiment has produced some interesting results.
Yes, we're bridging the gap a bit, as we are professionals who still
have the true amateur's love for the music, but we are by no means
new. (You forget that I used to play in a band with your old chum
Brad-the teller of stories, so I know I've been around longer.) A
difference is that we have not had the funding and support that some
other early music professionals enjoy. Our CDs have minimal editing
because we simply can't afford to go the typical route and piece
together bits from many takes. Our CD, Divine Amarillis, was recorded,
mixed and finished in ten hours of studio time with no edits. Our
Oxford CD was made in six weeks from idea to delivery of the
manufactured CD. Our most recent CD took a little more time but each
piece was a complete take. We may be old-fashioned but we think this
approach gives the music a chance.
We'll continue to experiment with visuals, since it seems to have
become the standard, a fact reinforced by your pronouncement, but our
music is the real thing.
Best wishes,
Ron Andrico
www.mignarda.com
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