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11-27-2017 11:05 AM |
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Originally Posted by Plankton
(Post 1898481)
He did record most of it by himself, so the sound quality might have been a little sub-par, but most reviews tend to overlook those facts. The guitar sounds like it was recorded in a large hall because it was. Natural acoustics are what drives the tone of most of the tunes. I love it for it's simplistic pureness in that effect. I once played the title track on a guitar I was thinking about purchasing, and it impressed the store owner enough to make him come over and ask what it was. I bought that guitar and still play it. It always reminds me of that day.
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Horizon is one of my favorite pieces to play on guitar when I am in a guitar store, however no one ever asked me what I was playing. :/
Don't get me wrong, I like the music, it just a thin sounding album to my ears. It doesn't make me dislike the music, just that while listening to it I always feel it could have sounded better. I've strained my ears on even worse recordings on YouTube. So its not disliking lo-fi recordings, probably I am more to accustomed to studio recorded guitar albums, and secretly wish that Bay of Kings was one of them. I've heard Julian Bream and Christopher Parkening record in a church with a high vault ceiling or large room for the effect of reverberation that a spacious room provides and the quality of the recording still comes out sounding a little bit fuller. |
