The London chorus I sing with is going to make a recording next week for the soundtrack for a BBC television show. It's called Merlin (Arthurian legend stuff) so make sure you watch it if it comes on PBS in America so you can hear me sing. :)
It's a fascinating process. The composer is writing the score even as we speak, and he sends files for us to print off to rehearse, but by the time we get to rehearsals, he's changed his mind so we have new sheets to learn.
He sent some demo music files for us to listen to. What I found interesting is that they all have metronome beats playing over the music. Apparently this is essential because each frame of the show is timed to go to the exact timing of the music so the chorus has to be precise with the rhythm or else.
The composer himself is coming to the rehearsal tonight to see how we are doing. The recording takes place next week at Angel Studios -- was going to be Abbey Road (I wanted a pic for my blog) but they've just changed it.
Thursday, 30 July 2009
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Oh, interesting! I like how you described the process. Fascinating! :D
I know of Merlin, so I can't wait to hear your choir sing in whichever episode. :D
And here's hoping you lot show up on PBS!
Thank you, Christina. I am just trying to figure out how to get an MP3 player embedded so you can hear an example of the soundtrack with the load metronome clicking over it but haven't got it to work yet.
Great to have you here.
E, unless you have a computer to "host" the mp3 file on that is permanently connected to the internet, probably the easiest way to do this would be to use a youtube video and embed it in a post - happy to provide assistance and suggestions if you need it.
thanks Steve -- the problem with YouTube is that you can't find any of the professional recordings -- just things performed by the church choir of Anywhereville.
The thing I wanted to embed isn't even recorded yet -- we're doing it for the first time. It's still being written this weekend.
anyway, I found a place called Hotlinks.com that will host the MP3 files then I put the code in the embedding code and that has worked fine.
E, I was thinking that you could create a video file with the recorded MP3 as the soundtrack to it; then upload it to Youtube etc., however it sounds like your solution is better.
Look forward to hearing that!
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