Although I have been listening to the podcast for a long time, I just signed up to the forums.
First, great show guys! I think it's the best one out there.
I started seeking out recording information podcasts because of the video production I've been doing. Recording good audio is the toughest part of the job. If the audio is bad - the video is bad! You can put great audio on poor video and the video "will improve" greatly.
This has led to the recording a solo CD for my wife as an experiment. We self published it at home using my Primera Bravo II disc burner/printer. We sold enough discs that we had 1000 pressed at Discmakers. (The reason is that it is much cheaper than the Bravo, don't get me wrong the Bravo is great for small runs.) Due to her USP (Unique Selling Position - which really is the instrument she plays) it so far has paid for the pressing and a sound system for her live performances. Best of all it's all profit from here on out!
Of course there is more CDs in the works. We did some video for promotion, so I thought I'd post a some links :
Our first produced video featured just Janet - the video and the audio was recorded together as she played. We used the audio from one take and the I spliced in shots from other takes. This was a two camera shoot and I use two Sennheiser wireless omni lav mics attached to the instrument. They were used to pick up her voice too - you can see them on some shots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKGNFgm_OQgI then shot some live performance stuff for the purpose of getting her more gigs. I used the omni lav mic on her and a Shure VP64 omni under the instrument.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNYXnaQg4GsThere is some other stuff on my youtube channel if you haven't had enough yet.
We have a web site for the CD that has samples, some free downloads, etc at:
http://spahrproductions.com/lwyec.htmlWe have just finished a sound booth in the basement and hope to be releasing some higher quality stuff on the next CD. It's amazing how much noise you don't hear until you record something. Actually the audio on the Maryland Faerie Festival webmmercial was the first thing we recorded in the booth. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTo7_wRHE )
In case you're wondering what that thing is - it called a Hang (but it's pronounced hung). For more information I have some great sites linked on the CD site above. It really is a magical instrument and a bit rare.
Thanks for all the advice you have given me in the past and helping to make this possible. Janet has just been blown away by having her own CD and being able to write, record, and then perform live. What you do is valuable to more people than you know.
