Re: A perfect piano recording!

Of course, sometimes the explanation of such failures is simple. The
sound engineer -who is trained on popular music and privately listens
only to loud rock - believes that classical piano music is some kind
of muzak for supermarkets or ladies tea-parties.>

this happens - a composer friend was distraught at pot smoking
engineers when doing an acoustic album. On the other end of the scale
are the engineers who are themselves good musicians. One example is
Jan-Erik Kongshaug in Oslo who made some brilliant ECM recordings. He
played back one of the Kieth Jarrett master tapes one evening for me
and some friends including the drummer on the session. I looked around
the studio for audiophile cables and parts - none. Nice Steinway (two
in fact). But we listened to the drums alone and that said it all - it
was the mic placement and the mixing. The recording wasn't 'hifi' it
was MUSICAL!! The balances and the intrumental tones were all
harmonious - Jan-Erik, who is an excellent guitarist, is just simply a
natural musician and his work is naturally musical. No pot either.

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