Possible album cover and a bagpipe mic experiment
I’ve been working for days on harmonies and recording the flute and pipes with different mics and mic placements for different sounds. Here are a couple of excerpts of the band with the pipes recorded on different equipment. What do you prefer? 1 or 2?
And how does this hit you? This is just a mockup of an idea. It’s a picture of the Sabine just North of where I cross it on the I-10. I like how it feels as though you’re falling or flying into the picture. I’ve contacted the photographer, John Wark, of airphotana.com and hope to have a license to use it publicly soon.
I liked tune 1, the pipes sounded beefy-er to me. : )
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The cover art made me dizzy at first, but it’s a cool shot!!
I like the first choice better.
Cover art: AWESOME!
the picture gives me the smallest bit of vertigo – but your music always makes me deliciously dizzy so it’s appropriate!
on first listen I liked the first track best, but after a few I liked the second. I think it’s because the first track the pipes are more prominent. But I think they’re more refined in the second. The first is more nasal. It’s going to be an awesome track either way!
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the pipers like the first best. I think it’s because the birls really crack.
I find the cover disconcerting.
Michael likes #1 better.
I like #2 a bit better, but there’s not a of difference to me. Both good.
The pipes sound clearer on the second tract.
I love the cover art! That is a beautiful photo.
Hmmm…I think I like excerpt #2 better. The pipes sound “cleaner”.
The photo gives me the impression of traveling in a space shuttle making my way around Earth and this is the point where I am “crossing the Sabine”.