Fanfare for the Common Man...

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on good speakers...

Does Not Suck.

I'm just sayin'

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[tronpublic.livejournal.com]

Which version of Fanfare?

What's your philosophy on recording bass drums in orchestras? Record it naturally so that it sounds like what you would hear if you were in the audience in a nice hall? OR Mic it separately and push it up in the mix so that you can get some earth shattering kabooms?

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Louis Lane conducting.

Oh, that's hard - I'd want to record it naturally, because I'd want to listen to a performance that had amazing bass. That said, I'd be tempted to push the bass up in the mix if the recording didn't do the piece or the performance justice - at that point it's no longer purely a recording of a work of art, but a separate work unto itself, and on that basis it's a fine thing.

[unseelie23.livejournal.com]

Version by Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd also does not suck. :)

Truth be known, I'm not sure it's possible for Fanfare to suck.

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I can imagine Fanfare sucking, but some days I wish my imagination weren't so good.

[tronpublic.livejournal.com]

Ahh, the Telarc "Fanfare". Exactly the kind of "fake" bass that I'm thinking of.

I actually like the fake bass. I think that many classical composers would have asked for the same treatment if they had the ability in their time.

[tronpublic.livejournal.com]

How about the ELP version?

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Hee!
Yeah, I think you have a point.

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Some days I rather like the ELP fanfare; most days, not so much.

[kyriani.livejournal.com]

You are just gloating now! No fair! ~_^

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I have a spare room, I'd be delighted if you and Matt wanted to come hang out sometime :)

[allessindra.livejournal.com]

I was goign to ask about that. I just find it amusing that somewhere around 6 minutes, Keith apparently gets bored (in the live version that I have) and goes noodling off into the hinterlands with Greg and Carl following at breakneck speed.

But then, I *REALLY* liek ELP.

[gravitrue.livejournal.com]

Have you ever noticed that Fanfare is basically "Happy Birthday"?
Aaron Copland explained that in a presentation at my elementary school.

Whenever I hear it, I think of the NY Museum of Natural History, cause they used it in their tv commercials when I was small, and it burned in.

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No, that's really interesting, I'll have to listen to it looking for that