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I had a lovely productive day in the recording studio (i.e. in my living room with the mics on) today, and you, o lucky readers of this weblog, will see the results of that work over the next couple of weeks as I get the recordings edited and mastered.

Here\\u2019s the first from today\\u2019s session, an old favorite of my compositions. Little-black-dot-minded people can follow along with the score.

\\nPaul Cantrell\\n
\\nThree Places\\n
\\nPaul Cantrell,\\npiano\\n
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I have to say, I\\u2019m thrilled with the quality of this recording. Compare this recording to a very similar performance recorded at the first Keys Please, in the Macalester concert hall. The older recording sounds OK, but this one is how it\\u2019s supposed to sound, by golly.

I\\u2019m sure it would make a traditionalist classical audio engineer turn apoplectic, but I just love the crazy huge sound I get with my unorthodox mic setup. Suddenly, all those long ringing sounds make sense in the recording, just as they do live. I can\\u2019t praise recent advances in audio technology enough \\u2026 or my beautiful piano, for that matter. I also must thank Matthew Smith and also Mike Olson, my audio engineer friends who helped me choose mics and do the EQ.

Do the recording justice, and listen on some good headphones \\u2014 or, if you\\u2019re lucky, a great pair of speakers.