The Recording Thread

[James H.]

ALTO? Wow. You have a great high register, then. Forget what I said about opening up the tone - for alto that's an amazing tone up there. Impressive. I didn't even notice the lower notes that would have been out of range for a soprano - it just sounded soprano to me. Shows how much I know. :sweat:

*clap clap clap*

[OMWBWAY]

hehehe. James, you make me laugh.

[James H.]

Don't judge me!

:sadtears:

[xiii1408]

I forgot to mention above that the piece was originally for oboe, so it would have been in the soprano range and then adapted for the alto range, which could have something to do with why you thought I was playing a soprano saxophone. This song is mostly in the upper register.

[Jazzooo]

I'm sure this will have limited appeal, but it's one of my favorite compositions--Big n' Tall.

This version was filmed at a benefit concert I co-hosted with the other keyboardist, the Julliard-trained Ken Bichel. The opening few minutes are completely improvised, of course. I used to perform this all the time with my live trio in San Diego and the improvs were not usually this dreamy or disjointed, but what the heck--it's live!

I layered two sounds on my synth--a gritty, electric guitar-like one with a synchronized delay, and a warm ambient pad that I brought in and out with a volume pedal.

Big n' Tall, by Doug Robinson with Ken Bichel

Some good rhythmic stuff between us, I think.

Thanks,

Doug

[James H.]

I got bored, spent about an hour doing this for kicks and giggles.

Final Fantasy IX, title theme. My recording, multi-track

The original is four tenor recorders. Mine is four soprano recorders taken down one octave using software, so the tone is a bit rounder than if I actually owned a tenor recorder.