After our Group Lesson last September with Matthew Arnold, Music Technologist from Boise, Idaho, our studio started planning to record our first CD! Matthew previewed some great recording software for us to start with, and Alexis, one of my students (and Microsoft software engineer) got busy and loaded up his laptop with the needed programs for our first foray into the world of recorded music.
When Matthew Arnold taught our class last year, his topic was "The Importance of Musical Imagination in the Digital Age". He discussed the pros and cons of digital music, and gave us a great foundation upon which to build our knowledge of recording using the abundant array of programs available today.
Many of my students were interested in working up a piece of piano music for recording, and on March 25, we opened up the studio from 10 a.m. to noon and invited students to stop by and record their pieces. After a week or two of making the various pieces of music more uniform (same level of volume, etc.), we finally came up with the order of the pieces on the playlist. We have a total of 14 tracks for our first attempt!
We will be giving out copies of our first CD at our Spring Piano Recital on May 20! What a great Semester II we have had! Thank you, Matthew and Alexis!
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| Alexis, our Recording Software Engineer |
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| Playing back what was recorded |
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| Listening to Bluestone Alley |
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| Fur Elise sounds great! |
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Flyer from our class last Fall
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