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Old 02-22-2009, 11:15 PM
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Default I think I'll record a CD this year.

I've never really had much luck with recording. I've played concerts that have seemed to go really well, but when I hear recordings I've made (for various reasons) the result is never pleasing.
I think this will be the year when I make a good recording.
It may be a sort of 'newgrass meets jazz meets klezma with arco' thing. I'll use mostly original material. I'll ask my brother Daryl to play guitar and banjo, and a friend Wade to play guitar.
I have another brother who operates a home studio and seems to get as good a quality as the studios I know around town. I think I'll talk to him.
Okay, I realise that there are things I must work on - like time, tone and intonation; and not playing sh1t at solo time. I'll also attempt to get 'in the zone'.
As they say,
"There's no point in reinventing the wheel."
So, I thought that all of you out there might have some intelligent insights into the recording journey.
So, here's your chance. Let's hear your wisdom.
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Old 02-23-2009, 05:17 AM
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That's great Richard. Tell us when we can help you reach the Billboard top 40.

As for wisdom, I don't have much. I am too young and not completely bald yet.
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Old 02-23-2009, 06:26 AM
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that is a great idea richard!

some thoghts based on my own experience:

- the process of preparation will bring you to a new level of quality
(you could use this mechansim also without recording a cd)
- be prepared before you record, the time in the studio is not the time to rehearse
- take time for soundcheck
- after the recording is completed take some time and not listen to it - then do the mastering (--> or be there when it´s being made, don´t rely on somebody elses ears, its your music)
- a recording is always a snapshot in time, if you listen to it with a distance in time you may be dissatisfied with some parts of it, but thats the nature of the game, you have to accept it
- try to make music in the studio

hope this helps



np: lisa ekdahl - the color of you
np at edit: silence

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Hey, when The Grits Band's CD is complete, send me and Junior a copy and I'm sure you'll need to follow it up with a tour of The South. I could be your back up bassist and Junnior could be mine. Or maybe better. We could do a 3 part bass harmony. WOW. I can't wait.
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Old 02-23-2009, 10:47 AM
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np: lisa ekdahl - the color of you
np at edit: silence
I can see why there is now silence. What is this thing with Germans and second-rate Swedish music?

Richard, don't you think The Nitty Gritty Grits Band would make a great band name? Like that old country & western-band. You would definitely make a success in the American South.
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Old 02-23-2009, 12:06 PM
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that is a great idea richard!

some thoghts based on my own experience:

- the process of preparation will bring you to a new level of quality
(you could use this mechansim also without recording a cd)
- be prepared before you record, the time in the studio is not the time to rehearse
- take time for soundcheck
- after the recording is completed take some time and not listen to it - then do the mastering (--> or be there when it´s being made, don´t rely on somebody elses ears, its your music)
- a recording is always a snapshot in time, if you listen to it with a distance in time you may be dissatisfied with some parts of it, but thats the nature of the game, you have to accept it
- try to make music in the studio

hope this helps



np: lisa ekdahl - the color of you
np at edit: silence
I think you've hit it in one, my wise friend.
And, by the way, if you like listening to second rate Swedish music, that's fine by me.

NP. Du Gamla, Du Fria, Du Fjällhöga
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Old 02-23-2009, 05:14 PM
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Now what's that, you're listening to the Swedish national anthem?

I have to say it's rather beautiful for being a national anthem. It's not a march. I quite captures the Scnadinavian melancholy. It is said to be a Finnish song from the beginning, though.

There is also 'Värmlandsvisan', or 'Ack Värmeland du sköna.' It's a song from the county I'm from. I am not known to be very patriotic about my country, but I love my home county. I didn't find one of those wonderful folk versions, so you'll have to stick to Monica Zetterlund, I think accompanied by Bill Evans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgN3...eature=related
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Now what's that, you're listening to the Swedish national anthem?

I have to say it's rather beautiful for being a national anthem. It's not a march. I quite captures the Scnadinavian melancholy. It is said to be a Finnish song from the beginning, though.

There is also 'Värmlandsvisan', or 'Ack Värmeland du sköna.' It's a song from the county I'm from. I am not known to be very patriotic about my country, but I love my home county. I didn't find one of those wonderful folk versions, so you'll have to stick to Monica Zetterlund, I think accompanied by Bill Evans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgN3jVgv1w&feature=related
A lovely song! My hero NHOP played a few Danish folk songs. My favourite is "I SKOVENS DYBE STILE RO"

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