I talked yesterday about rehearsing for a recording session next week for a BBC television show. (wiki info: Merlin is a British television drama series that began in 2008. It is loosely based on the Arthurian legends of the mythical wizard Merlin and his relationship with Prince Arthur, but differs significantly from traditional versions of the myth.)
I tried to get an MP3 file to embed so you could hear the way we will record the music -- with the orchestration underneath a loud metronome so we won't mess up the timing. I think I finally got this MP3 player to embed OK so you can hear:
Last night was interesting. The composer (ROB LANE ... "Composing the score for this BBC updating of the Arthurian legend has been a great challenge for me," he said recently) came to rehearsal with new pages of music for us to learn. When something didn't work, he would start tinkering with the music right then and there. Such a privilege to be able to witness the process of a person creating music right in front of me. I watched him hunched over the grand piano, working on musical problems that only he could hear.
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That sounds lovely! Thank you for sharing. It's interesting to see (or hear?) how you use for metronome for pacing. Really very interesting.
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