The Scriabin Preludes Opus 11 bored a hole in my brain a few years ago and I couldn’t shake them.
They wanted to come out of my fingers in some tangible form that I could listen to over and over. Again.
Their complex rhythms and jazzy harmonies led me down the path of a unique audio setting.
I had a little (I would include brand and size here) piano that had just arrived in an apartment I am renting in downtown Portland.
I asked our engineer Brett Schopper to create a private-use studio for me where I could record these jewels of music myself and set them in time and space to match the environment.
To record he chose a pair of Audix SCX25a microphones that are voiced beautifully for the piano, going straight into the Presonus preamp and into Pro Tools. A no fuss, clean recording chain.
Did I mention the concrete wall? No reverb or anything else added to the recording the reflections off of that wall and into the room were balanced beautifully with the placement of the microphones.
These pieces are miniatures and thus the Little Piano Project was born and a new entree was added to the TruffleMusik menu. Happy Listening!