http://www.nsn-productions.com/romantictenorcd.htmlWelcome to my story. This has been a momentous and exciting year resulting in my first recording and CD being available to the public. There has been much planning and organisation and I have had the pleasure of working with some excellent musicians and engineers.
The initial part of the year was spent working with Marie Mclaughlin on my voice and on the music with coach Peter Crockford. This involved fitting in regular sessions in Kent and south London while continuing my busy property consultancy. This sometimes created some confusion as to where I was going next!
Once the repertoire and voice were ready for an outing I arranged a concert at a local school. This included all the pieces to be recorded plus one or two other operatic arias. This went down well and some of the pieces were repeated at a very select event arranged at the RAC Club with the Kensington and Chelsea women’s club. The roses and serenading caused a stir with one lady clinging on to my arm which had to be forcibly removed.
The recording itself was organised over four days in June. There were a number of sessions with piano and strings over the first two days. These laid the foundation for an amazing session with Keith Thompson who managed to record all the wind parts over four hours fitting in gigs before and after the recording session. Vocals and guitar and mandolin were the final parts to be recorded with some fine tuning added later in August.
The key to all the sessions was the Engineer John Gallen who managed to make it all happen with humour and experience. His dedication and hard work was an example to us all.
The next stage of the process was a trip to Fulham and 360 mastering. Dick and Dave were having a busy day and I had to wait for them to master a song recorded by a certain X factor winner. What exalted heights I had reached I thought. Well that was until we all realised that we had all lived in Hastings at some stage and shared quite a few stories over the day. The session made a big difference to the sound with a final polish.
I was lucky to find an excellent local photographer Ian Waldron and we met on a beautiful Autumn day in a local park setting. The pictures for the CD were just right and another local man Del of HS Recording set out the artwork for another local company Key Production to manufacture the finalised CD.
It is time now to get out there and sell the CD so I hope you will assist in buying one or two. They will make excellent Christmas presents especially for mums and grannies! I did appear recently on three counties radio and am working on further appearances on the radio and television. There may even be a feature in the Welwyn Hatfield Times before Xmas.
To purchase the CD for £12.99 including postage and packing you can pay online at
http://www.nsn-productions.com/romantictenorcd.html
I will be performing in concert in the near future and will let you know when and where.
The initial part of the year was spent working with Marie Mclaughlin on my voice and on the music with coach Peter Crockford. This involved fitting in regular sessions in Kent and south London while continuing my busy property consultancy. This sometimes created some confusion as to where I was going next!
Once the repertoire and voice were ready for an outing I arranged a concert at a local school. This included all the pieces to be recorded plus one or two other operatic arias. This went down well and some of the pieces were repeated at a very select event arranged at the RAC Club with the Kensington and Chelsea women’s club. The roses and serenading caused a stir with one lady clinging on to my arm which had to be forcibly removed.
The recording itself was organised over four days in June. There were a number of sessions with piano and strings over the first two days. These laid the foundation for an amazing session with Keith Thompson who managed to record all the wind parts over four hours fitting in gigs before and after the recording session. Vocals and guitar and mandolin were the final parts to be recorded with some fine tuning added later in August.
The key to all the sessions was the Engineer John Gallen who managed to make it all happen with humour and experience. His dedication and hard work was an example to us all.
The next stage of the process was a trip to Fulham and 360 mastering. Dick and Dave were having a busy day and I had to wait for them to master a song recorded by a certain X factor winner. What exalted heights I had reached I thought. Well that was until we all realised that we had all lived in Hastings at some stage and shared quite a few stories over the day. The session made a big difference to the sound with a final polish.
I was lucky to find an excellent local photographer Ian Waldron and we met on a beautiful Autumn day in a local park setting. The pictures for the CD were just right and another local man Del of HS Recording set out the artwork for another local company Key Production to manufacture the finalised CD.
It is time now to get out there and sell the CD so I hope you will assist in buying one or two. They will make excellent Christmas presents especially for mums and grannies! I did appear recently on three counties radio and am working on further appearances on the radio and television. There may even be a feature in the Welwyn Hatfield Times before Xmas.
To purchase the CD for £12.99 including postage and packing you can pay online at
http://www.nsn-productions.com/romantictenorcd.html
I will be performing in concert in the near future and will let you know when and where.
Happy listening!
Neil Simon
The Romantic Tenor
