Recording a String Quartet at a studio in Herefordshire
A couple of Mondays ago, myself and Julia (cello) recorded session strings for a talented independent singer/songwriter called Dave Roberts who had written all of […]
Read More →A couple of Mondays ago, myself and Julia (cello) recorded session strings for a talented independent singer/songwriter called Dave Roberts who had written all of […]
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 →This week, we were delighted to receive some complimentary copies of the new album by Usman Riaz entitled ‘Circus in the Sky’ – for which […]
Read More →On Sunday 28th October we once again recorded music by the composer Philip Henderson. The music was a suite of movements entitled ‘Sea Voices’ and […]
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 →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 →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 →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. […]
Read More →Last Monday we spent the entire day recording the music by Gareth Dicks, a composer of musicals who is producing an album of his own work. The recording session […]
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