[Dixielandjazz] Editing & mastering

[Paul Kurtz Jr]

Jim, your message below is very interesting because I’ve gone back and forth on a piece I played, the Arutunian Concerto for Trumpet. There are some fluffs and I know that and yet, it was part of the day I played and the environment, a university auditorium, I was in. Now, if i was selling this, I certainly may want to add back the fluffed notes. 
Paul Kurtz Jacksonville, FL
> On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> 
> Marek wrote, and others before him have made similar statements on djml:
>> Moreover, if the recording is to convey the live ambiance, it should bring
> it as originally heart, warts and all.  Otherwise it is often stogdy and
> lacks the live feeling.
> 
> Work will have been done on any live or studio recording.  Eq, compression,
> filters, gates, reverb, noise reduction....all part of a normal recording.
> Gobs of takes will have been taken, and many times bits are "sewn together".
> After the recording is done, some songs will be used, others not perhaps,
> and the playing order may be changed around for sake of listening interest.
> Plus, balance can be improved upon, plus nasties can be removed. Editing can
> be done so that there isn't even an interruption in applause (in the case of
> a live recording).  It is an art in itself, the recording process. 
> 
> "Leave it all in, leave it all in", shout the purists.  Yeah, right!  I
> don't need any bad fluffs I've made being stored for posterity if they can
> be easily removed.
> 
> Seriously, this type of work is done in all types of music & other audio
> recordings.  If the job is done professionally, no one should notice
> anything whatsoever. Goodness knows it is done in film, where a great
> overall performance is created by actually filming bits & pieces completely
> out of sequence.
> 
> I once did a huge job of assembling half of a cd that had been recorded in a
> studio with the other half of the music recorded live....with the idea of
> presenting a "live recording" for a well-known group.  When I handed in my
> really large invoice to the record company I said "if you can hear what I've
> done, I didn't do my job properly"!  That may seem strange, but that is how
> it should be.  The listener should never be aware that anything special was
> done.
> 
> I know I won't convince many, but it is a fact of life.  In fact, it has
> given me a very good life, and I found the work extremely satisying
> artistically speaking, because that is the way I approached the
> job....artistically.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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