CD Recording

Fri, 26 May 2006 21:26:43 GMT

This week I did something new and interesting: I recorded my first music CD. No, it's not David Pallmann solo or anything like that. My wife and I are part of a very dynamic church choir which numbers 40-60 people depending what time of year it is. Our director is very gifted, works us hard, and we perform concerts 4 or 5 times a year. We sing many differnt kinds of music, from hymns to modern music. The CD we just recorded is Gospel music.

So what's it like to record a CD? Everyone wears headphones, so they can hear the accompaniment without it clouding the vocal tracks that are being recorded. Obviosuly you have to work hard to sound your best and suffer through many takes of each piece. As with live concerts, you have to avoid making unwanted noise such as loud page turning. And this might be surprising, but an important consideration is movement. Our director believes you have to be moving and smiling to really do justice to music, and that this comes through on a recording and makes a big difference in the final result. From what I've seen (er, heard) he's right, it's a night and day difference.

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CD Recording