Morgan: Thank you...I think. Speaking of attention span, our new CD has more than 70 minutes of chansons that last two minutes or so. We had to search for additional verses, and I threw in a seven-minute lute solo just to demonstrate we weren't suffering from attention span deficit. I guess they had the same problem in 16th century France. Ron Andrico www.mignarda.com > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: The End of the Golden Age > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:45:30 -0300 > > 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" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > 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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