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Alan Day is accumulating digitized versions of historic recordings. If you know of his involvement with the Anglo International and English International CD albums, you know how much interesting material is out there. We want to post links to these recordings in one place. Here is how we'll try things at least to start. I'm placing this thread in the History forum (a consensus by Alan and myself). I will keep it pinned and closed so that it remains relatively concise. Discussions of any linked recordings are welcome in separate threads. Alan (and anyone else with historic recordings they have permission to post elsewhere and link to here) will send me or Paul posts and links and we'll add them. The intent is to reference recordings posted elsewhere; sound and video files can add up quickly and would strain our server resources if we were to host all of them. If we find that some of this should be done differently, we'll certainly revise it. Modern performances and recordings still go in the Videos and Music forum. I know others will join me in looking forward to hearing some of the earlier history of our instrument. Ken

I'm a PC guy. Always have been. I'm looking for a new recording app for Android systems. I am curious if any other PC users have had a good app experience. Please, this is not a discussion about iOS vs PC. Thanks

Hi, I'm a former student of Boris Matusewitch, having studied with him from 1969-1971. Over the years, I have thoroughly enjoyed playing all the music I had received from Boris, supplemented by a large repertoire of classical music for violin. I've played for family, friends, colleagues at work, and public events and remember fondly the days when I played 1st and 2nd violin in string ensemble groups. Today I would like to record many of the pieces I play, classical and popular, as audio and/or video files, to supplement the number of English Concertina classical music recordings on the web. Can anyone give me tips and recommendations on the best way to do this? I have an MS Windows computer, so my tools are currently limited to that operating system. Here are some questions: To get the best quality recording, can I use the default music recorder application that comes with Windows, or should I be using some other software? What is the best way to record a video of me playing the concertina? Is doing it at home sufficient, or is it best to do it in a hall that resonates? What is the best backdrop to reduce visual "noise"? I'd like to offer the listener a copy of the music being played. Where is the best place on the web to store an image or PDF of the piece being played? Where should I upload audios / videos to? concertina.net? YouTube? An online audio distribution web site like soundcloud.com? Has this question been answered anywhere else in this forum? Can you think of any other practical tips? I'd really appreciate hearing practical tips and tricks from readers -- many thanks in advance! Moshe Rubin Jerusalem, Israel