Comments on: to dream

to dream

nicolin — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:53:49 -0800

late night meeting with a street musician, near saint anne, in Montpellier. Lots of things to say, many songs in his bag, mostly sharing the same chords (!?). Nice feeling.

By: nicolin

nicolin — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:56:03 -0800

An impressive songwriter (hundreds he was carrying with him), he wasn't an excellent guitar player but managed to provide an acompaniment for each one. And he was from vesoul.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:28:53 -0800

I love your "man on the street" recordings. They are so cool because the bring me to where ever you are. thanks!

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:32:22 -0800

I have to max out the volume on my laptop just to hear it.

But it's really cool.

By: humannaire

humannaire — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:53:42 -0800

Grows on you. I enjoy'd your French. Perhaps I will move to back to Montreal?

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:15:55 -0800

awesome...sounds like he knows what he's doing with his guitar, or is that you?

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:21:51 -0800

It is really nice. And whatever you recorded it with, it's perfect, the guitar sounds very good and the voice is perfectly separated. Thx for posting this, nicolin I really enjoyed it.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:20:41 -0800

What do you use for your field recordings, nicolin? It's a pretty clean recording for walking around with something in your pocket.

By: nicolin

nicolin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:53:20 -0800

it's only a minidisc : sharp md-mt190. What's great is that it includes a microphone input and Rec level.
It sounds real nice but it applies some sort of compression to the recording. I think the latest Sony can record directly to disc without that kind of compression. Unfortunately, I just bought a clarinet on Ebay. Minidiscs I can't afford anymore.
The microphone itself is just a lapel microphone, really cheap. I think that's this one.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:56:13 -0800

Go figure! Simple stuff used well is the way to go. I suppose I should just upgrade from the garage-sale giveaway microcassette.