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[SteveLaBonne]

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Originally posted by toc:

Hi,

Thanks for posting my Fisher's Hornpipe, even though it probably seems kinda incongruous with the rest of the selections...a non-music-reading fiddler competing with all you trained folks who actually know what you are doing.

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Hey toc, please tell me you're kidding! If that audience reaction doesn't convince you that you know very well what you're doing, I don't know what would...

[SteveLaBonne]

Mu0n, you're making great progress- keep up the good work! Hats off to you- taking up a difficult instrument as an adult, and then sticking with it, requires a heck of a commitment.

[This message has been edited by SteveLaBonne (edited 11-15-2001).]

[toc]

Blush....thanks. It's just that listening to the other clips can be intimidating....but I guess that's sort of apples and oranges.

It's interesting that some people who are/were mainly violinists come to the sessions I attend.

We fiddlers admire their intonation, technique, ability to play in other fingering positions and ability to sight-read.

The violinists admire our infectious spirit, ability to hop, skip, jump and change positions with the fiddle while playing...and our terrible playing posture, something a long-ago teacher probably cured them of with a bow upside the head.

mike

[lwl]

toc, y'all sound great.

[toc]

Longhair:

We have a session (our "fast jam", usually 4-5 people) tonight at the Irish Mist in Troy....it's a blast, and is an open session, so bring your instrument! We do an amalgam of Irish/old-time/Cape Breton.

mike

[toc]

bringing this forward...it's fun to hear y'all...toc/mike

[Sweetkat11]

I haven't been playing violin that long, however, I enjoy performing. Ever since I was about six years old, I performed on the piano (although it didn't always sound that good). Anyway, I mustered up all my courage (if mustered is even a word) and decided to record myself playing (most of my songs though are for orchestras and I'm not sure playing a first violin part-or any-is a good idea without the other violins). As I was saying, I recorded myself. But, when I went to listen to myself, I didn't sound too good (alright, I sounded horrible). Although there were no other really loud noises (other than the computer), the violin didn't sound clear. It sounded scratchy and higher than normal. If I really sound that bad, I sure feel sorry for my parents and my orchestra who have to hear me play every single day....

Anyhow, I'm hoping its just the microphone or the program. I really thought I sounded better than that.

Since everyone else sounds much, much, much (I could go on and on) better than me, what program and/or microphone do you use to record yourself? Do you also record in a certain room (I recorded in my finished basement)?

Thanks-kat

[vieuxtemps]

I recorded in my dorm room using MusicMatch and the little mic that came with my Gateway PC. The mic was about 2 feet away from the violin and pointing at my f-holes.

-Aman

[Stephen Fine]

I used my good Sony mic, but I just hooked it up to the back of my computer and used the windows sound recorder.

[zizzer fingerz]

Lymond,

does your windows sound recorder only record 47 seconds worth each time you make a new file ? Mine does and I can't seem to find an option to make it any longer, and wondered if I was missing the obvious.

ziz

[toc]

My clip came off a concert broadcast live on the radio.

Two of the other people I play with are technical wizards and figured out how to send the sound file.

While I'm on the subject, volunteering to do a radio concert for a local folk show is a great way for fiddlers to promote themselves. We cut a live CD from the concert and use it as a demo and sell it to our adoring fans. (ha,ha...mainly relatives)

Much cheaper than booking studio time to record a demo, and then probably winding up with basically "live" cuts anyway.

mike

[simon]

lwl,

Are you still accepting contributions to the Gallery? I mailed an mp3 to your webmaster address last week, and I'm wondering if it's been lost in cyberspace, or if you haven't checked that account recently.

Thanks.

[lwl]

I am; I just haven't had much time to actually deal with getting the sound clips up recently. Keep sending them, though; I'll deal with the backlog when I get some free hours.

[BobbiFiddler]

I love this!! Please keep it going. oldgeezer, the waltz is great, I'll see if I can find it on one of the tunefinder sites. Who do you play with locally? I can't find a soul in N.E. Ohio.

Bobbi

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