Etudes et Improvisations pour Banjo

1.Theme and Improvisation for Solo Banjo Outdoors on a Windy Day
2.Improvisation 2 for Solo Banjo Outdoors on a Windy Day
3.Etude for 3 Banjos Outdoors on a Windy Day
4.Improvisation 3 for Solo Banjo Outdoors on a Windy Day
5.Etude for 5 Banjos Outdoors on a Windy Day
6.Improvisation 4 for Solo Banjo Outdoors on a Windy Day
7.Improvisation 6 for Solo Banjo Outdoors on a Windy Day
8.Etude for 2 Banjos Outdoors on a Windy Day
9.Improvisation 7 for Solo Banjo Outdoors on a Windy Day
10.Improvisation 8 for Solo Banjo Outdoors on a Windy Day
11.Etude 1 for Solo Banjo
12.Etude for 3 Loose Banjos
13.Etude for 8 Banjos
14.Etude for 101 Banjos
15.Etude 2 for Solo Banjo

Album Notes

Performed and recorded by BD, October and November 2015.

Tracks 1 through 10 recorded 31 October - 1 November 2015, outdoors during a strong wind, via two cheap radio mics, one clipped to my banjo strap and the other in my pocket (from whence it frequently fell) or sometimes lying on the ground, tied to my shoe, hanging in a tree or dangling in set of sheep’s bells. The roaring sound is the wind in the microphones as I strolled about playing. The electronic noises and dropouts are caused by the radio mic receiver being just outside the range of the weaker of the two radio mics.

Tracks 11 through 15 were recorded in my studio and garage, 11-12 November 2015, using a T.H.E. Sphere microphone. Apart from compression and reverb, the sound is entirely acoustic.

On all pieces the banjo is an Ozark RB3 5-string resonator banjo.

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