Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 1999/08

From: "Dodgshun family" <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: Re: [kl] Audition tapes
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 17:08:19 -0400

> To get good recordings of your woodwinds and piano, you need to go to an
> engineer that knows acoustic music. There are a bunch out here in LA, and
> most work as freelance engineers. The people who make it big were all
> musicians at one point. My team here includes a former singer, myself (a
> clarinetist), a former guitar student of the Romero family, a trombonist,
> and a former trumpet player. Shawn Murphy, one of the biggest filmscore
> mixers in town (done a few like Star Wars, Saving Private Ryan, etc....) I
> believe was a tuba player. Armand Steiner, another film mixer was a
> fantastic violinist.
>
> To be good at recording acoustic music, you HAVE to be a musician.
>
I couldn't agree more. We're lucky here in Christchurch to have an ex-Radio
New Zealand recording engineer who is also a cellist and does excellent
recordings.
It also applies to sound technicians in live music and theatre - they'll be
much better at their job if they're musicians. I've had bad experiences
playing in a jazz band with a complete imbecile behind the sound desk. I
know it's not easy to balance a band properly (I had some fun doing sound
for a five-piece jazz band a few weeks ago - the trumpet was my biggest
problem, because when he was open he was overloading, but with a Harmon mute
in, I had to reset everything!) but if you're a musician, it immediately
gives you a head start. I think it's due to the fact that a) you know how
to use your ears and b) you have a fair idea of how things SHOULD sound.

Anna

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