Accordion Quartet

[Pietro]

This may be of interest to some

http://www.note-able.co.uk

 

[Matt Butcher]

Excellent project and website. I tried a couple of the recordings though only on small speakers. I liked the way Violentango built up the tension and I thought Chariots of Fire was very atmospheric, great stuff and outside of the normal run of the mill. Good luck with it. I'll listen to the rest.

 

[MothersR]

So that's what el Companero should sound like.

Excellent work Pete, as usual

 

[MrMagoo]

Enjoyed the Libertango as well as the other recordings.

Too bad that the recordings are so terribly distorted by using one very basic microphone and a laptop for the recording because the bad recordings really takes away from these talented players. Come one guys get a quality condenser microphone and a quality digital recorder and do it right! Also the recording room has too much reverberation bouncing off the walls.

As I said its a shame because the performance is great just the recording process spoils the enjoyment of listening.

 

[Glenn]

I agree, for such a professional looking group you would expect a bit more professionalism in the recording. It's not so hard to do.

 

[MrMagoo]

I agree, for such a professional looking group you would expect a bit more professionalism in the recording. Its not so hard to do.

Thanks for the supporting comments. Several hours after making my posting i was rather concerned that i would be thrown out of this forum since i am newbe. HOwever i meant no disrespect to that group of excellent professional accordion players and its such a shame that their sound recording was not all that professional. Professional recording equipment is not all that expensive these days.

 

[Pietro]

Sorry guys, must try harder. We do plan to have some proffessional

 

[Pietro]

Oops finger trouble on my phone. We are planning better recordings to replace these, but its early days. P

 

[MrMagoo]

OK, looking forward to some new high quality audio recordings. Video would also be nice to watch the quartet perform.

 

[Glenn]

Piero, you can buy a half decent recorder for a couple of hundred pounds with integrated microphones which produce pretty good results that you can enhance in your laptop or pc. It's a good way to start rather than splash out on a studio session. I'm sure there is some young budding bedroom musicians that would love to record your ensemble for the price of a pint or two.

 

[Pietro]

Thanks Glenn, I do have an open mind on the subject and always looking out for those opportunities. The idea of in house recording was just to give a sample of how we sound, it was the first experiment to record the quartet, perhaps I should have waited.

More importantly, the feedback I'm getting is that people like what we do, despite the technical issues. All comments are welcome.

Pete