"emptyhouse - gone but not forgotten"

[Ann]

I have just been listening to "emptyhouse – gone but not forgotten", a great c.d. featuring Sally Edwards and Katrina Scott and including "Great White Sheep", "Wild Geese", Hishie Ba", "Green Grow the Rashes" and other popular folk ballads beautifully sung by this local duo.
The music content, the mastering and the album sleeve of this c.d. are outstanding and all involved are to be congratulated on their superb product!
And no; I am not on commission; just appreciate good music!
Ann

[figgy]

Ay, it's a great CD with catchy tracks and some of Sally and Katrina's favourites on it - I've got a copy too being into that kind of music, like!
Another good local CD (this time no vocals) is "The Sailor's Wife" by the local band "Northern Lights," consisting of Iain Ewart (piano accordion), Elizabeth Jones (fiddle) and Steven Jones (acoustic guitar). It was all recorded locally and can be bought locally too! Includes faves such as Dark Island, Ashokan Farewell, Six-Twenty Two-Step, The Rowan Tree etc. etc.
Check it out!

[genisis]

well I bought "The Sailor's Wife" by the local band "Northern Lights and it was awful dont know how the have the nerve to put it on sale have heard far better and not had to pay for the privilige! All I can say is thank goodness there were no vocals that really would have been too much but each to there own I guess

[Peach]

Nonsense, Genisis. The Sailor's Wife by the Northern Lights is a great CD. I have a copy at home and I really like it - they're a great traditional band and Steven recorded the CD at home. There's 12 excellent tracks, and Elizabeth plays the Ashokan Farewell with such feeling.
So what do you know about music, Genisis?

[genisis]

Well as I said Peach its each to their own taste I simply didnt like it and now you mention it was made at home I can understand the poor quality and quote "" yes I agree the violin was haunting!!!!!!!
But it wouldnt do for us all to like the same thing would it :-) and there is no harm in blowing your own trumpet is there ?????????

[Chobbersjnr]

now you mention it was made at home I can understand the poor quality

With modern technology where it is at people at home can produce professional results, it was Steven's first attempt at production & that is not easy to master & is also made harder with a lack of good microphones at his disposal

So genesis I must disagree with you completely about home recording B'cos I have heard results from top name studios that don't match up to those produced at home. The top name studios are used to producing the big dogs & give them the full treatment where as the unknowns get a vaguely passable result for a high price. If people gain the knowledge of the studio & record on a good setup at home, everybody that comes in gets the same treatment for the same price. So I would reckon the "home recording industry" does better thatn your established studios

With most people able to get access to digital recording systems everybody is on a level playing field and the difference is in the engineering of microphones on the instruments & how it is mixed & mastered using equalisation etc etc.

Although there is holes that can be picked in the sailor's wife I expect a lot of them will have dissappeared by the time NL's second album is due out

I know it comes down to personal taste in music & I can't say that I would put the sailor's wife on by choice but that doesn't remove Steven's efforts & the calibre of the individual musicians & as Steven learns more about engineering & production the better results he'll produce EVEN AT HOME

L8r
"A Home Recording Artist"