Re-recording strings for a track
A few months ago, I received an enquiry from a composer / music producer who had already recorded some live strings for his track but […]
Read More →A few months ago, I received an enquiry from a composer / music producer who had already recorded some live strings for his track but […]
Read More →Little Star Lullabies’ – Track 1: The Stars Come Out to Say Goodnight This album of music started life as a single track composed for […]
Read More →‘New Age’ or Relaxation Music, like all music intended as a background ambience, can elicit very mixed responses from different people. Whilst some find the […]
Read More →A few weeks ago a studio engineer (on observing the ritualistic rosining of my bow hair) asked me what rosin was. It suddenly occurred to […]
Read More →The term ‘to stagger’ or ‘staggering’ the bow is an orchestral technique which refers to the changing of the bow direction in order to create […]
Read More →Yesterday, we popped into RAK Studios in St John’s Wood to record string quartet parts for a band who wanted to enhance their track with […]
Read More →I remember at college, attending a regular orchestral training class with a well known leader of orchestras. He told us that often when playing in a professional […]
Read More →Over the last month, we’ve been booked for two quite similar jobs – recordings which were for tracks only requiring a section of violins – as […]
Read More →String players often discuss the need for ‘bow markings’ or simply ‘bowings’, but what are they and why do they matter? The basic premise is that […]
Read More →Last week, four of us travelled down to a recording studio called ‘The Chiller’ in Thursley, Surrey to record 10 pieces for an independent composer. […]
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