Klarinet Archive - Posting 000280.txt from 1998/01

From: NYSAP <NYSAP@-----.com>
Subj: Never underestimate the power of the Darkside
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:19:24 -0500

I think Mr. Shifrin is a wonderful artist and I love is recordings.
However, I have noticed that his sound is nothing like it is in his
recordings. I went to a few recitals here in NYC and heard him play and was
slightly disappointed. His sound is much brighter and smaller in real life.
His most recent recording just released last year is more representative of
how he sounds live. It always makes me laugh when people come up to me and
tell me that my sound is too dark and should have more of that famous
eeeeeeeeeeeeeee sound. Well then how come when these people record they
darken their sounds to sound like what I am trying to acheive in live
performances? It is possible to have a dark projecting sound that is
centered, focused and has ring with out that annoying EEEEEEEEEE sound.