Category: Recording
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Telemann in St Lukes
Before I start my full-time job, I have to get this out of my system: Can I “just” record a short piece, nicely and accurately? What I learned from making this recording (well, most of it I already knew) Playing the trombone (and some other instruments, but I think particularly the trombone) is a bit…
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Jazz trombonist attempts Classical music
The other day, a good trombone playing friend* referred to me down the pub as “a jazz player”. Well, it so happened that a few days later I was doing some playing around with microphones (see this blog post) and with this in mind I attempted to play some very classical music: Telemann’s second Fantasie…
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Microphone positioning
I have some free time. Sometimes I make recordings of trombone quartet concerts or of myself playing, and I’m aware that I don’t know much about positioning microphones, except that it makes a huge difference to the sound. I went to a local church for an hour and played around a bit. What I learned:…