what was the most interesting "music" that you ever recorded.

[joaquin]

what was the most interesting "music" that you ever recorded, & Why?...thanks for sharing.......Joaquin.

[robmix]

Back in college I recorded every concert that took place on campus so everyday was something different. Monks, Indian musicians, orchestras, choirs, bluegrass, jazz - the list goes on. The craziest was this piece the school comissioned from composer Henry Brant. Full orchestra, full jazz band with two drummers, a flute ensemble, a gaggle of percussionists, solo saw, choir, solo vocalists, I think it was about 105 players all banging it out in a church. Crazy . . . . . . . .

[Waylon]

the very first studio I worked at was on a Native American Reservation in canada... we did alot of native drummign and chanting albums, way cool stuff most of the time.. One album in particular was a "Western" style group...HEAVY. 4 man sitting around a huge ( like 38" wide x 2 ' deep) drum.. all the power fo Native Brazillain drumming with none of the polyrhythms

I was about 16 and in awe.

[adamcal]

For anyone who knows the Aussie band "Bloodduster", Prior to track 1 on the CD is some quite interesting!

Please dont me post a MP3, I am still recovering from the experience!

[Bob Olhsson]

I left Motown in order to record more interesting music. I've done everything from recording Tibetan bells in a tunnel to recording rooms full of people chanting.

Probably the most fun was my one and only Reggae album. The producer had flown the rhythm section in from Jamaica and I was floored to hear one guy playing the characteristic drum and percussion sound that is the trademark of all the great Reggae records. We tracked the whole album in a day with a second day of overdubs and a third mixing.

[fifthcircle]

2 of the more interesting concerts I've recorded-

Robmix- since you mentioned Henry Brant: http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...threadid=16377 A Concert of the music of Henry Brant- recorded at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Included a commissioned work by him.

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...threadid=17725 My concert in Sydney this past summer of the Berlioz Requiem at the Sydney Opera House. Great performance in a breath-taking venue of fantastic music...

--Ben

[joaquin]

Hello, and thanks to all of you sharing!
Robmix, do you remember the mic set up? what college was that?
Bob, How did yoy record the bells in a tunnel..mic placement...etc.
Ben, thanks for the links..amazing!! What happened with the Getty concert, did you got to make a surround Mix, did it work?
Also, is it posible to get a copy of the sydney concert...is it available?
Thank you again....Joaquin.

[fifthcircle]

Originally posted by joaquin
Ben, thanks for the links..amazing!! What happened with the Getty concert, did you got to make a surround Mix, did it work?
Also, is it posible to get a copy of the sydney concert...is it available?
Thank you again....Joaquin.

I worked my butt off to give them something archivable- they ended up using the 16 bit CD. I had saved the multitrack 96K files and they never ended up wanting them. I wanted to do a surround mix, but I don't have a surround setup here so it would have meant renting a studio for a couple hours and they didn't want to pay for that... Oh well.

As for the Sydney thing, it was a limited release to the members of the the performing ensemble. It is unfortunately not available commercially.

--Ben

[Douglas Whates]

Originally posted by robmix
The craziest was this piece the school comissioned from composer Henry Brant. Full orchestra, full jazz band with two drummers, a flute ensemble, a gaggle of percussionists, solo saw, choir, solo vocalists, I think it was about 105 players all banging it out in a church.

Yeah - Henry Brant doesn't do things by half, does he?! I think his piece "Fire on the Amstel" takes it though - four boatloads of 25 flutes each, four jazz drummers, four church carillons, three brass bands and four street organs.

You don't still have a copy of the piece you recorded, do you? What was it called - Millennium 2? I'd love to hear it.

Cheers,

Douglas.

[joaquin]

I thik that all that we experince as recorded music, is in equal share , with the band as with the recorder.

[joaquin]

my point, is that, the person in charge of the recording, is as responsible as the musicians, for the final product. The way one actually record the sound also shapes them as much as how someone strikes an instrument. the way it's recorded also make a piece interesting or a complete failure .....maybe not!

[djui5]

Most interesting thing I've ever recorded in my short career was Latin vocals....I had no idea what she was saying....

Hopefully I'll be recording the Phoenix Symphony soon...that'll be interesting to say the least.