On 08/04/2011 21:38, Martin Shepherd wrote:
Thanks, Arto. Yes, I agree video is the thing - I just haven't got
the technology sorted out yet.
Meanwhile, why not do your own version?
Best wishes,
Martin
Very nice gutty playing, Martin.
Just to get things in perspective though, roughly how much are the gut
basses - e.g. the fourth - seventh courses?
I agree that it is interesting to see people actually playing. But
performance, I think, is yet another skill as well as actually playing
the music as musically as you are able. I suppose you could ignore the
performance aspect of performance (body language, composure, movement,
maybe eye contact with camera etc etc). But would you really wouldn't
want to ignore all that that any more than ignore the musical aspects of
the music (i.e.just stolidly sounding the notes)?
Another problem is that more a more people are using recording devices
and adding a touch of reverb. I think this is really good as most people
are just recording at home and not in a beautiful acoustic. But it just
looks bizarre to see someone in their living room, sounding like they
are in a concert hall.
Stuart
On 08/04/2011 18:26, wikla wrote:
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
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