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Daily Archives: March 29, 2016

New recording on the way

29 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by shawnlsn in Uncategorized

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This past Saturday I went into the studio of my friend Tommy Byrd and recorded an album of music for ballet class.  We recorded 25 short tunes in 6 hours.  I had a lot of fun working with Tommy.  I will get together with him this weekend and do some mixing.  I don’t know when I’ll have it ready for release, but I am working to make it happen as soon as possible.

The music I recorded is all improvised, based on chord changes I’d worked out in advance.  Although I made the recording for a specific purpose–ballet class–I’d like to think that people might just enjoy listening to it outside of dance class.  I need to figure a lot of stuff out soon–how to get it on iTunes, how to sell CDs from this site, and many other business and technical details.  I will keep people posted through this website regarding its progress.

Rather than give all the pieces generic titles like “medium waltz” and “fast 2/4” I decided to give each piece a name.  Each piece is named after a different bird species.  (Tommy Byrd pointed out to me that it was appropriate that I was recording at the Byrd house!)  The working title of the CD is “Aviary.”  Details to follow…

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