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Re: Question about listing - Classical instrumenta

Post by remmet » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:52 pm

Nov 10, 2008, 2:40pm, brindabella wrote:As the second one, which in my book could also mean "quirky" as in "Hush little Baby", ha ha!Nah! is a Korg TR. I would go for something shorter than the Goldbergs, tho. Have the feeling this is for one of those Classical compilations you buy at Walmart for $3.99 like "The most famous classical pieces" Ah. L'Enfant Quirky. I'll go for that.The Korg sounded quite good.I wasn't thinking of the entire set of variations, just one or two. But maybe that would be too little rather than too much? Who knows.R

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Re: Question about listing - Classical instrumenta

Post by flyingtadpole » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:09 pm

Hmm. I guess I can't resist. I'll do one (1) recording of a Debussy piano before next Tuesday and throw that into the heap. But...It's gotta be vanity submission, this one! or akin to Irish Sweepstakes. It does sound like a WalMart/lifestyle "World's '000 most famous" so I think whatever goes in has to be at the Moonlight Sonata/Blue Danube level of fame. And also at the level of perfection of a "Cafe music" CD I picked up somewhere. I just wince at the thought of the competition--all those out of contract concert pianists, symphony orchestras etc thrown on the scrapheap by all the major labels. Is DGS still recording classical? Don't think so...But if one aims at perfect, it usually becomes mechanical.So why bother? I already said...vanity! Also a bit of practice too.

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Re: Question about listing - Classical instrumenta

Post by brindabella » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:48 pm

Well, Vanity or not, Liberace is still laughing all the way to the bank.....even in his grave! A deal is a deal is a deal!
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Re: Question about listing - Classical instrumenta

Post by mazz » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:55 pm

My arrangement of Satie's Gymnopedie #1 (inspired/influenced by Ravel's version) is signed to a library, I have to see if I can pitch it to a label, since it's not for film/TV. Time to read the contract.A link to an album on my site with the piece: http://www.johnmazzei.com/album/6Cheers!!Mazz
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Re: Question about listing - Classical instrumenta

Post by flyingtadpole » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:34 pm

Heh. Listening to my first three serious takes, I need a week of practice, cunning engineering and MIDI notwithstanding. We'll see...(edit) that's another week...

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Re: Question about listing - Classical instrumenta

Post by flyingtadpole » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:49 pm

Well that bit of practice got nowhere. And the day job is now eating me and taking me far far away into the nevernever so everything will be on hold cos I'll be effectively off the planet until Christmas. Sigh. Still, has its compen$ations.

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