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    Why Give Up

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    I play several instruments and I have some experience on giving up. 

    I have learned that there are reasons why you give up playing. Most of the time it is  is FRUSTRATION (apart from health issues). Playing an Instrument in general is a fun and fascinating thing - why should you stop doing that? There where times, in my Concertina playing too, when I noticed that I play less and less, don´t practice anymore and so on. What I do then is try to ask myself why I don´t want to pick up the instrument right now. The answer always is that I´m frustrated with something. Maybe I set my ambitions too high, maybe progress is too slow,...there can be many reasons. It helps me when I analyze why and then try to find a way around it  so I get back the fun in playing.

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    Home recording kit

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    I have recorded a lot (including a CD), these microphones are all ok. But I seriously recommend using a smartphone (I used a Samsung but IPhones are at least as good). I still try to match the sound of some old recordings that were made in my former bathroom. 

    A lot depends on the room acoustics and where you put the phone. You also should have a recording app that can record at least  in 44,1 kHz and 16 bit and level the volume so that there is no overload. Afterwards you could optimize the sound and cut the ends on a PC.

    Rock´n Roll Concertina Preview

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    Wow, thank you so much for the stunning comments. After all I´m just exploring what is possible for me and the instrument, like so many concertina players. And everyone is unique. Like Adrian and Susanna with Dappers Delight are one of a kind and you too Steve. I finally got your CD and I like it very much, it has a nice touch from Down Under.

    And Adrian - I´m glad you like it. Thank you so much for your help. And it would be very cool to see you again but I guess you won´t come to the German Concertina Meeting?

    New Ep Musik Boehmer - Tax Evasion

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    My new EP "Tax Evasion" is available now. It can be downloaded or streamed at various sites (Amazon/ITunes etc.) Or you can buy the real thing by dropping me a message, it costs 7.-€ plus postage.

    Here is a link where you can preview the songs on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Musik-B%C3%B6hmer-His-Concertina-Hell/dp/B078YWFB2N/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516026056&sr=8-1&keywords=musik+boehmer

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    New Musik Boehmer Video

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    Fantastic, Stefan.

    Can't help that Charles Wheatstone, creative thinker that he was, would applaud the intersection of his work and new technology.

    More, More, More !

    Robin

    I never saw it that way, but that sounds plausible. If he would still be alive he´d probably have invented the nuclear driven Concertina or maybe powered by brainwaves?

    New Musik Boehmer Video

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    Great Video Stefan, and a nice presentation of your setup and performance. Looking forward to the EP (Is it going to be called: "Lock them up"?)

     

    Cheers,

     

    Adrian

    Thanks Adrian, nice suggestion for the Title of the EP, ha. But it probably will just be "Tax Evasion" - too boring?

    Microphone Recommendations, Please

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    After playing regulary about 4 years with microphones, I still find it difficult. My setup is different, I only sometimes try to achieve a natural sound, instead I use a lot of guitar-effects, especially distortion. Here you can see my setup: https://youtu.be/k3Asf1a7VEE

    For some time now, I use harmonica mics - Finhol Edge Mic Blues Harp (to me the concertina is a kind of blown up harmonica): https://www.thomann.de/de/finhol_edge_mic_blues_harp.htm

    I took off the clamp and velcroed them under my hands (see the photo)

    These mics don´t have a bass range so I have much less problems with bass-feedback, also with low "rumble" noise. Concertinas don´t have much bass anyway.

    A problem here is that some of the reeds are further away from the mic, so some notes are louder than others. I baffle all my concertinas because I want to dampen the harsh high sounds. I pierced holes in the baffles in the higher ranges (where the higher reeds are) to soften that problem a little.

    Here is a recording of the mics (without baffles though) - please notice that the sound is very "dry", that means because they are so close to the reeds, there is no natural room sound audible: https://soundcloud.com/squeezer-stefan/microphone-finhol-test

     

    I guess, microphones on a concertina are always a compromise. 2 good mics on stands are probably the best for recording. The distance decides wether it pics up more of the action noises or the room. Also you can get the "doppler effect" (I miss that beautiful sound) that is the sound when you move the concertina in the air. Alistair Anderson does it a lot. No doppler effect with mounted mics.

    On a loud stage you can not use microphones that are so far away because they pic up everything around you. If you turn them louder you get feedback.

    Microphones on goosenecks are in between. I don´t have experience with them, but I guess, for a natural sound/less feedback they are a good compromise. The looks though ......

     

    If you use mics that need phantom power you can plug into the house system. I always would recommend a small mixer with 2 mic channels (no belt pack and things alike) an example: https://www.thomann.de/de/mackie_402_vlz4.htm

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