Very beautiful! But I would also very much like to _see_ the player and playing - important part of performance... at least to me.
All the best, Arto On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:05:55 +0200, "G. Crona" <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Indeed you most successfully have Martin. I should also have added an > excellent editor as well as a generous sharer of music and knowledge. In > short a compleat lutenist. > Cheers! > > G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Shepherd" <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> > To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:56 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: new piece of the month > > >> Thanks, Goeran. >> >> We have debated on this list before the virtues or otherwise of "live" >> performance-type recordings as opposed to "perfect" commercial CD-type >> recordings. >> >> I don't like to hear blemishes (especially my own!) but at the same time >> I >> don't want to spend hours editing out every single one. I usually do a >> couple of takes and use the best one, sometimes editing particularly >> gruesome bits - but on the whole my best recordings have been single >> takes, no edits. If I were actually making a CD I think I would have to >> do lots of takes and lots of editing, but my main objective with these >> MP3s is just to share the music and demonstrate the sound of the lutes. >> I >> hope I have shown that gut strings can be used to good effect. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Martin >> >> On 08/04/2011 11:28, G. Crona wrote: >>> Cool Martin! >>> >>> Did you record it all in one go or weed out mistakes in audacity >>> afterwards? You seem to be quite unique in the lute community in that >>> you >>> BOTH build excellent lutes as well as being a very sensitive and able >>> player. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> G. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Shepherd" >>> <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> >>> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:55 AM >>> Subject: [LUTE] new piece of the month >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> The new piece of the month is in the usual place: >>>> >>>> www.luteshop.co.uk/month/pieceofthemonth.html >>>> >>>> It's the last of a series of recordings I made with a Venere 7c lute >>>> (67cm, strung all in gut) before it went to its new owner. >>>> >>>> I hope you enjoy it. >>>> >>>> Best wishes, >>>> >>>> Martin > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
