Greetings to all the 3 people who read this blog!!! Hahhaa! Just kidding! First of all you should know that I'm listening to fiddle/banjo music right now and typing really fast!
Also you should know that while evidence would suggest Bob & I are improving, we separately had a LATE evening Saturday where a tad too much drinking happened. What a coincidence! Hehehe! We also performed together Saturday night at the Minnesota Philharmonic Concert. It went very well, and I'm happy to say no tears were shed when I parted ways with the E-flat clarinet.
What I'm trying to say is that Sunday duet hour was rough.
Yet we still recorded.
I will attempt to post 2 tracks. The first is called "Polcinelli Fail" and the second one maybe should've been called Polcinelli Fail No. 2, but it is just "Polcinelli." Please do not listen to it! Hahaha! I am putting it up here to hopefully throw our heads back carelessly laughing at it in a few months. Or hopefully weeks? It turned out to be a very productive study session once we had recorded a few tracks. We really learned a lot from hearing ourselves. And it was painful. And uncomfortable. And in some sections...surprisingly good. You'll see.
Possibly more later, but I have just put in a VERYYYYYY long day with the little ones (read: "reminder, please do not say the f-word during piano class." etc, etc.)
OMG!
**a million years later**
Okay, after much technical difficulty, here is the audio--only it's a YouTube version b/c I haven't the faintest idea how to put audio on this blog. (help!!) I just added a picture of our backs for your viewing pleasure :)
Do keep in mind that this is a starting point for us. We've been rehearsing about a month--but the first rehearsal we were painfully rusty. And I am omitting the track where an expletive is dropped.
****aaaaahhh! okay final version: you have take 1 of the opening and exposition. then you have take 2 WITH the expletive. then you have the rest of it. sorry. i'll get better at this. *****
LOL. Two things:
ReplyDelete1) I'm proud of what we've accomplished so far. 2) I am proud that we sucked it up, recorded it AND posted it. That deserves a merit latte or something. :)
Wonderful! You peacefully carried me through my T-ride and walk to work this morning. Keep it coming!
ReplyDeleteThe slow middle section had some really beautiful colors! And you both have such nice sounds. I want to hear more! Geeta
ReplyDelete@Bob: YES! i think this sunday is going to be really good...
ReplyDelete@JB: that is so sweet :) i bet boston is beautiful right now! ALMOST blossoming tree season--the absolute best. MN just does not have spring like the east coast.
@Geets: hopefully the next recordings will be better. significantly. ;) love ya