[Harp-L] Some advice on going into a recording studio with a jazz singer please

[dennis moriarty <dmoriarty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

           Hi. I've been lucky in the last year or two to come out  
of the closet and get back on stage here and there. Relative to some  
of our regular players (n.y.c.) around here, e.g., D. Gruenling, W.  
Schuman, S. Guyger, etc. I'm a lightweight. But my tone is good and I  
don't overdo it so I do get some kudos from other musicians. Other  
than the band stuff I do and the jams someone tasty has now offered  
me a nice job on her newest recording. Apparently she heard me on my  
amateurish web site and felt one of my songs (Marina: played through  
a little 1955 Magnatone with a Maxon analog delay) featured "very  
vulnerable" playing. She loved it enough to hire me for a song on her  
6th album. So to the point: The last time I went into the studio some  
years ago I brought in a little vintage Sears tube amp with a bullet  
and I sounded pretty good but the tone was incongruent with the jazz  
people I was in there with.               If this singer was so  
enamored with that one Magnatone song should I bring the Magnatone  
and the delay with my mike or record clean and let the recording tech  
post-produce the tone coloring. At this point- and I will talk to the  
singer more before the friday date to clarify the song style which  
will help answer this question- I'll bring along the amp and delay  
since it's a little 8 incher but presume for versatility I will play  
clean. any thoughts? Sorry for the long path to the point of this  
posting. dennis
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