Hello again!
I hope you are keeping well. I must say that I am starting to get cabin fever during this lockdown. I am lucky as I have a house and garden to roam around in, so I can only imagine how difficult it must be for people in less fortunate circumstances. I hope for all our sakes, those people most of all, that this crisis abates as quickly as possible.
I am now really missing music making with my five King's Singer colleagues. We are well known for performing a huge variety of music, live, acoustically and without the use of technology. And there is nothing quite like the feeling you get when it just works!
We spend so much time working on the minutia of vowel colour, pronunciation, exact positioning of our bodies, volume, tone quality...the list could go on. For example, before my second or third show, we spent 20 minutes working out exactly where my feet should be placed. (I am a little smaller than Tim, you see!) All this time spent makes the process of music making extremely rewarding and hopefully well-received.
So, the brave new world of music-making we find ourselves in at the moment is very alien to me. To perform new music in isolation we have to record our own line along to a pre-recorded track playing in headphones. I must admit that I am finding it very hard work.
Yesterday, when recording my part in 'And so it goes' for our project with Stay at Home Choir, I had the following stumbling blocks:
Many a take was ended prematurely with my muttering #$@&!%* under my breath, and embarrassingly it is all recorded on video! My colleagues tease me for easily getting myself tied up in knots...and yesterday was a perfect example.
If it wasn't already clear to me why recording professionals are so valuable, it certainly was now; my home studio feels a long way from Snape Maltings where we recently recorded The Library Vol. 2. We had perfect conditions with the best minds in the industry in the room with all the technology in the world.
However my day was brightened when I received an email thanking us for our contribution to Bach's St John Passion from Isolation produced by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note. I recorded my part a week or so ago, under very similar circumstances, and until yesterday's premiere I hadn't heard the end results of a recording like this. It really works, thanks to many very clever people giving their expertise and a lot of time!
Have a listen below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP4SqDkutk
I keep hear people saying that this period of isolation has, in some ways, brought us closer together. And this wonderful work by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note is the perfect example! Who would have thought that Bach's St John Passion could be performed in this way? It's amazing and heartwarming :-) And I was thrilled to discover that I was duetting with Alexander Armstrong.
Much love to you all...
Until the next time,
Eddie
Instagram: @edwardbutton1
Hello again!
I hope you are keeping well. I must say that I am starting to get cabin fever during this lockdown. I am lucky as I have a house and garden to roam around in, so I can only imagine how difficult it must be for people in less fortunate circumstances. I hope for all our sakes, those people most of all, that this crisis abates as quickly as possible.
I am now really missing music making with my five King's Singer colleagues. We are well known for performing a huge variety of music, live, acoustically and without the use of technology. And there is nothing quite like the feeling you get when it just works!
We spend so much time working on the minutia of vowel colour, pronunciation, exact positioning of our bodies, volume, tone quality...the list could go on. For example, before my second or third show, we spent 20 minutes working out exactly where my feet should be placed. (I am a little smaller than Tim, you see!) All this time spent makes the process of music making extremely rewarding and hopefully well-received.
So, the brave new world of music-making we find ourselves in at the moment is very alien to me. To perform new music in isolation we have to record our own line along to a pre-recorded track playing in headphones. I must admit that I am finding it very hard work.
Yesterday, when recording my part in 'And so it goes' for our project with Stay at Home Choir, I had the following stumbling blocks:
Many a take was ended prematurely with my muttering #$@&!%* under my breath, and embarrassingly it is all recorded on video! My colleagues tease me for easily getting myself tied up in knots...and yesterday was a perfect example.
If it wasn't already clear to me why recording professionals are so valuable, it certainly was now; my home studio feels a long way from Snape Maltings where we recently recorded The Library Vol. 2. We had perfect conditions with the best minds in the industry in the room with all the technology in the world.
However my day was brightened when I received an email thanking us for our contribution to Bach's St John Passion from Isolation produced by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note. I recorded my part a week or so ago, under very similar circumstances, and until yesterday's premiere I hadn't heard the end results of a recording like this. It really works, thanks to many very clever people giving their expertise and a lot of time!
Have a listen below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP4SqDkutk
I keep hear people saying that this period of isolation has, in some ways, brought us closer together. And this wonderful work by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note is the perfect example! Who would have thought that Bach's St John Passion could be performed in this way? It's amazing and heartwarming :-) And I was thrilled to discover that I was duetting with Alexander Armstrong.
Much love to you all...
Until the next time,
Eddie
Instagram: @edwardbutton1
Hello again!
I hope you are keeping well. I must say that I am starting to get cabin fever during this lockdown. I am lucky as I have a house and garden to roam around in, so I can only imagine how difficult it must be for people in less fortunate circumstances. I hope for all our sakes, those people most of all, that this crisis abates as quickly as possible.
I am now really missing music making with my five King's Singer colleagues. We are well known for performing a huge variety of music, live, acoustically and without the use of technology. And there is nothing quite like the feeling you get when it just works!
We spend so much time working on the minutia of vowel colour, pronunciation, exact positioning of our bodies, volume, tone quality...the list could go on. For example, before my second or third show, we spent 20 minutes working out exactly where my feet should be placed. (I am a little smaller than Tim, you see!) All this time spent makes the process of music making extremely rewarding and hopefully well-received.
So, the brave new world of music-making we find ourselves in at the moment is very alien to me. To perform new music in isolation we have to record our own line along to a pre-recorded track playing in headphones. I must admit that I am finding it very hard work.
Yesterday, when recording my part in 'And so it goes' for our project with Stay at Home Choir, I had the following stumbling blocks:
Many a take was ended prematurely with my muttering #$@&!%* under my breath, and embarrassingly it is all recorded on video! My colleagues tease me for easily getting myself tied up in knots...and yesterday was a perfect example.
If it wasn't already clear to me why recording professionals are so valuable, it certainly was now; my home studio feels a long way from Snape Maltings where we recently recorded The Library Vol. 2. We had perfect conditions with the best minds in the industry in the room with all the technology in the world.
However my day was brightened when I received an email thanking us for our contribution to Bach's St John Passion from Isolation produced by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note. I recorded my part a week or so ago, under very similar circumstances, and until yesterday's premiere I hadn't heard the end results of a recording like this. It really works, thanks to many very clever people giving their expertise and a lot of time!
Have a listen below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP4SqDkutk
I keep hear people saying that this period of isolation has, in some ways, brought us closer together. And this wonderful work by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note is the perfect example! Who would have thought that Bach's St John Passion could be performed in this way? It's amazing and heartwarming :-) And I was thrilled to discover that I was duetting with Alexander Armstrong.
Much love to you all...
Until the next time,
Eddie
Instagram: @edwardbutton1
Hello again!
I hope you are keeping well. I must say that I am starting to get cabin fever during this lockdown. I am lucky as I have a house and garden to roam around in, so I can only imagine how difficult it must be for people in less fortunate circumstances. I hope for all our sakes, those people most of all, that this crisis abates as quickly as possible.
I am now really missing music making with my five King's Singer colleagues. We are well known for performing a huge variety of music, live, acoustically and without the use of technology. And there is nothing quite like the feeling you get when it just works!
We spend so much time working on the minutia of vowel colour, pronunciation, exact positioning of our bodies, volume, tone quality...the list could go on. For example, before my second or third show, we spent 20 minutes working out exactly where my feet should be placed. (I am a little smaller than Tim, you see!) All this time spent makes the process of music making extremely rewarding and hopefully well-received.
So, the brave new world of music-making we find ourselves in at the moment is very alien to me. To perform new music in isolation we have to record our own line along to a pre-recorded track playing in headphones. I must admit that I am finding it very hard work.
Yesterday, when recording my part in 'And so it goes' for our project with Stay at Home Choir, I had the following stumbling blocks:
Many a take was ended prematurely with my muttering #$@&!%* under my breath, and embarrassingly it is all recorded on video! My colleagues tease me for easily getting myself tied up in knots...and yesterday was a perfect example.
If it wasn't already clear to me why recording professionals are so valuable, it certainly was now; my home studio feels a long way from Snape Maltings where we recently recorded The Library Vol. 2. We had perfect conditions with the best minds in the industry in the room with all the technology in the world.
However my day was brightened when I received an email thanking us for our contribution to Bach's St John Passion from Isolation produced by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note. I recorded my part a week or so ago, under very similar circumstances, and until yesterday's premiere I hadn't heard the end results of a recording like this. It really works, thanks to many very clever people giving their expertise and a lot of time!
Have a listen below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP4SqDkutk
I keep hear people saying that this period of isolation has, in some ways, brought us closer together. And this wonderful work by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note is the perfect example! Who would have thought that Bach's St John Passion could be performed in this way? It's amazing and heartwarming :-) And I was thrilled to discover that I was duetting with Alexander Armstrong.
Much love to you all...
Until the next time,
Eddie
Instagram: @edwardbutton1
Hello again!
I hope you are keeping well. I must say that I am starting to get cabin fever during this lockdown. I am lucky as I have a house and garden to roam around in, so I can only imagine how difficult it must be for people in less fortunate circumstances. I hope for all our sakes, those people most of all, that this crisis abates as quickly as possible.
I am now really missing music making with my five King's Singer colleagues. We are well known for performing a huge variety of music, live, acoustically and without the use of technology. And there is nothing quite like the feeling you get when it just works!
We spend so much time working on the minutia of vowel colour, pronunciation, exact positioning of our bodies, volume, tone quality...the list could go on. For example, before my second or third show, we spent 20 minutes working out exactly where my feet should be placed. (I am a little smaller than Tim, you see!) All this time spent makes the process of music making extremely rewarding and hopefully well-received.
So, the brave new world of music-making we find ourselves in at the moment is very alien to me. To perform new music in isolation we have to record our own line along to a pre-recorded track playing in headphones. I must admit that I am finding it very hard work.
Yesterday, when recording my part in 'And so it goes' for our project with Stay at Home Choir, I had the following stumbling blocks:
Many a take was ended prematurely with my muttering #$@&!%* under my breath, and embarrassingly it is all recorded on video! My colleagues tease me for easily getting myself tied up in knots...and yesterday was a perfect example.
If it wasn't already clear to me why recording professionals are so valuable, it certainly was now; my home studio feels a long way from Snape Maltings where we recently recorded The Library Vol. 2. We had perfect conditions with the best minds in the industry in the room with all the technology in the world.
However my day was brightened when I received an email thanking us for our contribution to Bach's St John Passion from Isolation produced by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note. I recorded my part a week or so ago, under very similar circumstances, and until yesterday's premiere I hadn't heard the end results of a recording like this. It really works, thanks to many very clever people giving their expertise and a lot of time!
Have a listen below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP4SqDkutk
I keep hear people saying that this period of isolation has, in some ways, brought us closer together. And this wonderful work by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note is the perfect example! Who would have thought that Bach's St John Passion could be performed in this way? It's amazing and heartwarming :-) And I was thrilled to discover that I was duetting with Alexander Armstrong.
Much love to you all...
Until the next time,
Eddie
Instagram: @edwardbutton1
Hello again!
I hope you are keeping well. I must say that I am starting to get cabin fever during this lockdown. I am lucky as I have a house and garden to roam around in, so I can only imagine how difficult it must be for people in less fortunate circumstances. I hope for all our sakes, those people most of all, that this crisis abates as quickly as possible.
I am now really missing music making with my five King's Singer colleagues. We are well known for performing a huge variety of music, live, acoustically and without the use of technology. And there is nothing quite like the feeling you get when it just works!
We spend so much time working on the minutia of vowel colour, pronunciation, exact positioning of our bodies, volume, tone quality...the list could go on. For example, before my second or third show, we spent 20 minutes working out exactly where my feet should be placed. (I am a little smaller than Tim, you see!) All this time spent makes the process of music making extremely rewarding and hopefully well-received.
So, the brave new world of music-making we find ourselves in at the moment is very alien to me. To perform new music in isolation we have to record our own line along to a pre-recorded track playing in headphones. I must admit that I am finding it very hard work.
Yesterday, when recording my part in 'And so it goes' for our project with Stay at Home Choir, I had the following stumbling blocks:
Many a take was ended prematurely with my muttering #$@&!%* under my breath, and embarrassingly it is all recorded on video! My colleagues tease me for easily getting myself tied up in knots...and yesterday was a perfect example.
If it wasn't already clear to me why recording professionals are so valuable, it certainly was now; my home studio feels a long way from Snape Maltings where we recently recorded The Library Vol. 2. We had perfect conditions with the best minds in the industry in the room with all the technology in the world.
However my day was brightened when I received an email thanking us for our contribution to Bach's St John Passion from Isolation produced by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note. I recorded my part a week or so ago, under very similar circumstances, and until yesterday's premiere I hadn't heard the end results of a recording like this. It really works, thanks to many very clever people giving their expertise and a lot of time!
Have a listen below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP4SqDkutk
I keep hear people saying that this period of isolation has, in some ways, brought us closer together. And this wonderful work by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note is the perfect example! Who would have thought that Bach's St John Passion could be performed in this way? It's amazing and heartwarming :-) And I was thrilled to discover that I was duetting with Alexander Armstrong.
Much love to you all...
Until the next time,
Eddie
Instagram: @edwardbutton1
Hello again!
I hope you are keeping well. I must say that I am starting to get cabin fever during this lockdown. I am lucky as I have a house and garden to roam around in, so I can only imagine how difficult it must be for people in less fortunate circumstances. I hope for all our sakes, those people most of all, that this crisis abates as quickly as possible.
I am now really missing music making with my five King's Singer colleagues. We are well known for performing a huge variety of music, live, acoustically and without the use of technology. And there is nothing quite like the feeling you get when it just works!
We spend so much time working on the minutia of vowel colour, pronunciation, exact positioning of our bodies, volume, tone quality...the list could go on. For example, before my second or third show, we spent 20 minutes working out exactly where my feet should be placed. (I am a little smaller than Tim, you see!) All this time spent makes the process of music making extremely rewarding and hopefully well-received.
So, the brave new world of music-making we find ourselves in at the moment is very alien to me. To perform new music in isolation we have to record our own line along to a pre-recorded track playing in headphones. I must admit that I am finding it very hard work.
Yesterday, when recording my part in 'And so it goes' for our project with Stay at Home Choir, I had the following stumbling blocks:
Many a take was ended prematurely with my muttering #$@&!%* under my breath, and embarrassingly it is all recorded on video! My colleagues tease me for easily getting myself tied up in knots...and yesterday was a perfect example.
If it wasn't already clear to me why recording professionals are so valuable, it certainly was now; my home studio feels a long way from Snape Maltings where we recently recorded The Library Vol. 2. We had perfect conditions with the best minds in the industry in the room with all the technology in the world.
However my day was brightened when I received an email thanking us for our contribution to Bach's St John Passion from Isolation produced by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note. I recorded my part a week or so ago, under very similar circumstances, and until yesterday's premiere I hadn't heard the end results of a recording like this. It really works, thanks to many very clever people giving their expertise and a lot of time!
Have a listen below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP4SqDkutk
I keep hear people saying that this period of isolation has, in some ways, brought us closer together. And this wonderful work by Oxford Bach Soloists & Positive Note is the perfect example! Who would have thought that Bach's St John Passion could be performed in this way? It's amazing and heartwarming :-) And I was thrilled to discover that I was duetting with Alexander Armstrong.
Much love to you all...
Until the next time,
Eddie
Instagram: @edwardbutton1
