Well, my sabbatical is about half over. I got a respectable amount of work done this week, all things considered. I got nine trombone phrases recorded. This included two A phrases each for A300, DC-10, and 747. I also recorded one B phrase each for 737, DC-8, & 707. Ultimately this isn’t much work for the week, but there has been a family emergency that has been keeping me busy since Tuesday. Thus, as I said it’s a respectable amount of work, all things considered.
It isn’t clear when this family emergency will be resolved. Furthermore next week my work load as a sound designer for an upcoming production of A Wrinkle in Time will be ramping up. Next weekend will be the recording session for the string parts, which means the following week will likely be focused on editing and mixing those recordings. All of this is a long winded way of saying that realistically speaking, I may not complete the trombone recordings for two to three weeks. Thus, my revised recording schedule for the remainder of the semester will likely be . . .
Week 9: Trombone
Week 10: Edit / mix String recordings
Week 11: Trombone
Week 12: Cello
Week 13: Cello
Week 14: Taishogoto
Week 15: Taishogoto
I’m still satisfied with this schedule, as cutting out many of the synth oriented tracks is fine since the backing tracks already have a significant amount of synthesizers. Even if I don’t complete much work next week, I’ll still be able to report next week, as I’ve been working on a related side project, and have been making enough progress on it that I may be ready to start releasing information on it next week.
In the interest of having some visual material, please find below the score for the string arrangement of 707. The B section of this movement is nominally in D minor, featuring the notes: D, E, F, F#, G, A, Bb, and C#. The A section in contrast only uses a single note, A.
