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Goal: Mix: So May It Secretly Begin

Studio

Synth Swells and Fills for Intro

103 minutes

Notes:

Today I learned how to use a cymbal choke in Addictive Drums. Basically one enters a “choke” note at the spot where one wants the choke to take effect i.e.after the cymbal hit. Turns out I decided not to use it but I learned something new.

Added back string swell to coincide with bass note on 2.2+ as well as the flute fill in at the end of the bar. Nailing down the flute sound has been difficult with the Apple instruments , not tried yet with Kontact. Maybe something EQ will make it blend well enough.

Getting rim shot bleeding into OH/Eoom mics , Addictive Drums has controls for that. One needs to go to the kit piece editor and tone down the vol on the room and overhead mics. See #1.

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  1. AD OH-Room part vol controls.png

Goal: Brouwer – Learn Etude 1

Classical Guitar

Polish entire piece

26 minutes

Notes:

I can now do the tempo Ricardo Cabo performs on his album covering these Brouwer etudes “sencillos”. Not convinced it should be quite as fast. It feels more passionate a tad slower. Note that the tempo is way above what Brouwer noted. Pushing the tempo makes this study a worthy performance tune albeit a short one. I think that the syncopation and the Cuban-ness comes out better at the faster tempo. Brouwer of course was composing a simple study for his students and thus the much slower tempo.

I do have to work on the dynamics more. That will come out when I try to record the tune and listen back.

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Goal: JM Verdiales Grade 0

Classical Guitar

Bars 17 – 34

20 minutes

Notes:

I think I should get on to new sections of a tune before perfecting a previous section. For one it gives me a chance to work on my reading but it also allows me to keep the big picture in mind i.e. of the composition as a whole. The problem with this composition is that it used a rasgueado i.e. a flamenco “fan” stroke which I did not have down. I know can pull that off at Juan Martin’s recorded tempo. Its an important technique , its core to Flamenco.

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