realstrings

Incoming!  I’ve put together an arrangement for a major American hip-hop artist and he loves it!  Can’t reveal the name as the gig isn’t definitely in the bag, but the song was perfect for strings - strongly emotional and inspiring to work on, with a powerful lyric, melodic chorus and sweet chord changes.  I put together an arrangement I was really happy with - pushing the ideas beyond the brief to see if they went for it and they did.  More info when the sessions are complete.

Blogged with Flock

I’ve done some upgrading in the past year and it’s making a big difference. For a start I now have 2 alternative spaces to record in; the original dry space and now a bigger acoustic room. We spent a bit of time setting this up with sound proofing, absorption and diffusing. I got POB from pobaudio to spec it for me. Now I get different acoustic charateristics from the 2 rooms and that helps me build up samples.

I’m also using a new mic - an SE Gemini (combined with the Rode NTK). Sometimes hire in a Neumann U87 too. The combination of mics makes a big difference and I’m recording every performance with at least 2 mics which helps achieve the randomness of an ensemble sound.

Blogged with Flock

Just heard the rough mix from Rich of the title track for Almost Heaven. Phil’s voice sounds amazing, but not as amazing as his drums - quite simply spine tingling. They were recorded in 5:1 though reduced to stereo for an mp3. My strings sound pretty respectable too.

From tatty midi to mega track, that’s how it goes.

Blogged with Flock

I’ve been keeping an education blog but now I’m up for a realstrings blog.