Recording strings on a budget – when the cost of hiring a string orchestra is too high
A couple of weeks ago I was approached to add some strings to a track by a talented singer/songwriter who I had recorded for last […]
Read More →A couple of weeks ago I was approached to add some strings to a track by a talented singer/songwriter who I had recorded for last […]
Read More →Most of us when composing for a string section or full orchestra will do so in front of a keyboard. In this respect, the process […]
Read More →Over the weekend, a good friend helped me to record this video of a piece of unaccompanied solo violin music by J.S. Bach. Although he […]
Read More →Recording in Churches – the Advantages and Disadvantages When musicians are looking for the most natural sound to record in (particularly for an acoustic instrument […]
Read More →The double bass (or contrabass) is the lowest-pitched member of the string section, as well as being one of the tallest and bulkiest of all […]
Read More →This final movement of the ‘St Paul’s Suite for string orchestra’ is a reworking of Holst’s Second Suite in F for military band. The tune […]
Read More →In the first two blogs in this four-part series, I took an analytical look at the ‘Jig’ and ‘Ostinato’ movements of Gustav Holst’s ‘St Paul’s […]
Read More →The second movement of Gustav Holst’s ‘St Paul’s Suite for string orchestra’ is entitled ‘Ostinato’. This Italian word has the same basis as the word […]
Read More →Last Monday, we recorded three songs for an independent singer / songwriter based near to Milton Keynes. The client had written a number of songs, […]
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