Sunday, February 14, 2010
Testing 123...
This is a test of 1) my new AMAZING toy (more below); 2) my fledgling skills at creating a video from audio and still pictures on Windows Movie Maker; and 3) my ability to record myself without freezing in stage fright.
For my anniversary/early birthday present The Hermit got me something I didn't even know I'd been wanting: a portable digital audio recorder. Well, actually it's way more than that; it has a tuner, preset rhythms, effects, it does everything but play flute/banjo/mandolin/whatever for me.
There's so much I want to do with it I didn't know where to begin, so I thought I'd just pick one of my favorite songs, play it, and try not to be too much of a perfectionist about the finished product; after all, I was more anxious than anything to share some of my music with you! This is an Irish reel called "The Laurel Tree".
There's much more where that came from. I promise.
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16 comments:
Hoorah for the Hermit! This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Happy Valentine's Day.
Nicely done! I really enjoyed that.
That's great!
Woot! You've obviously been practicing - that's fabulous!
SWEET!
YAY DEB!! That's so neat to be able to hear you play!
moremoremore!
Terrific! I love the flute music with the pictures.
Love it!
WOW... how beautiful Deb! What a neato present for you. Can't wait to hear more! BRAVO!!
Thanks for the applause! :) I still need to get comfortable with having the recorder on as I play; I think today I'll just keep it on and try to let it be a background thing.
Very , very nice Deb . What an enjoyable way to start my morning and the picture of the Asters completed the piece wonderfully . You are very tslented !
WOW!!!I agree with Lynne. moremoremore
Cheryl-Glad you liked the music, and the asters. I don't know if I had posted that picture before, but I was going through my photo archives quickly and it jumped out at me!
Cindy- I recorded more today, but it was mainly to get used to the idea of being recorded. I'll try to post something new once a week! (we'll see how that goes...)
Great! I hope you decide to put some of your banjo music on your blog as well!
Deb, go to www.northhouse.org It's in Grand Marais. Look at the three upcoming events. There's a music thingy towards the end of March you might be interested in.
elise- I will get some banjo recorded soon (I think I must have progressed a little beyond "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" by now!)
cindy- Aww, now you've done it, I'm now longing for a trip to Grand Marais, on my birthday weekend no less! That Celtic music weekend sounds wonderful, and the drive up the shore would be worth it in itself!
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