Studio Strings – How to mic up and record live strings. . . .
Composers and producers are always looking for ways of recording high quality strings at an affordable price, without having to fly off to Central or […]
Read More →Composers and producers are always looking for ways of recording high quality strings at an affordable price, without having to fly off to Central or […]
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 →‘Saltando’ is an Italian musical term used when string players are being asked to play with a rapid, bouncing stroke in the middle of the […]
Read More →When a string player refers to an ‘open string’ it means that one of the four strings is being played without the left hand fingers […]
Read More →This is a technique reserved for the most skillful players and when executed rapidly and cleanly, up and down bow staccato can have a mesmerising […]
Read More →‘Double Stopping’ is a term used to describe the simultaneous playing of two notes on a stringed instrument. It is a versatile technique which can […]
Read More →All musical tones are based on the harmonic series – whether it be a length of brass pipe, a church bell or a taut length […]
Read More →This week I was asked to produce a string arrangement for a dance track where they had to be very prominent. The brief was to […]
Read More →When the strings are more in the background, there are many ways in which they can add interest to the track without becoming too dominant. […]
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