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"The Walking Fly" - original fingerstyle piece
Hi all,
A funny thing happened on the way to the studio this past week. Well, not for me, but one of my trio bandmates was unavoidably detained. Since I was already there we took the time to record one of my recent compositions that my bandmates like (and will add flute and violin to at our next session). I'd appreciate any comments on the tune, and on the recording of it (note: this is the raw track, no effects, not even EQ'd yet, just a great room, an excellent engineer and great equipment all around). For those who care about such things (yes, I do), the tune is in Dm, played on my Lowden O23c with an Esus4 partial capo in "A" position at the 3rd fret in DADGAD tuning. I notate this partial capo tuning as DA(DGA)³D and it gives an open-string "effective" tuning of DAFBbCD. Thanks, Phil
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I like it! Very well done.
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Truly well played and beautiful. Brings to mind moonlight, the beach.. all of that.
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Nice playing and tune though I would like more variety in it.
The natural room reverb characteristics sounds good at first. However it does result in loss of clarity and makes for a somewhat distant sound. One can't totally "fix" that post recording should one want to. For a dry recording I would go for less reverb and a more intimate sound. That would also would give more tweak "play room" post recording.
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Thanks, Derek. FYI, I was keeping it simple to leave room for the flute and violin parts...
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Thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate everyone's comments! Phil
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Great Phil!
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Beautiful playing, beautiful music!
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That sounded wonderful, Phil! Very nice composition and very well played! Also, very well recorded! Just the right amount of reverb, too, even if it's all natural. Then again, maybe the natural reverb is one of the myriad reasons why it sounds so good!
I really love this! Well done! - Glenn
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A very nice composition, performed beautifully!!
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I can really hear that in my head. I'd love to hear it with flute and violin. I don't know what you're imaging, but I'm hearing a jazzy flute and a soulful violin.
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Thank you, all, for your comments and kind words. I do appreciate it.
FYI, I wanted to get my thanks in today 'cause I'll be spending the next week at the Boxwood Festival in Lunenburg, NS. Boxwood was primarily a teaching and networking festival for flute, started by Chris Norman, but also includes a pretty wide variety of acoustic instruments including violin, cello, nyckelharpa, harp, guitar and other 'things with strings'. This year, for the first time, they have three guitarists on staff: Tony McManus, Tomas Lindberg from Sweden and Eamon O'Leary from Ireland. Tomas also plays Swedish bouzouki and cittern and Eamon includes bouzouki, tenor banjo and Irish song. Should be a great week! Phil
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Phil, this is really well done. I like it a lot, and would love to hear it again after the violin and flute are added. But it stands up on its own with just the solo guitar.
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