Juilliard Pre-College Low Brass Class notes from Sat, Feb 18th
Die Walkure, Act. III “The Ride”

This week’s Low Brass Class at Juilliard Pre-College focused on playing the Ride, discussing both audition preparation and performance as the low brass section of an orchestra.

When you self release a CD, putting together the packaging can be a big job. Especially if it is the first CD you’ve released!

Packaging is important- nicely crafted packaging, with informative and comprehensive text, will go a long way towards presenting your CD project in the best light possible.

Get a head start by collecting all your info, text, photographs, and artwork as early in the process as possible. Start your text document even as you are just planning your recording sessions. It always takes longer than you think. By the time your final master is ready for replication, you want to be all ready to go to print. (If you start from scratch, you can easily spend weeks getting packing together!)

Here are some photos of the Manhattan Brass recording Paquito D’Rivera’s “Four Songs For Brass” and Wynton Marsalis’ “Spiritual and Blues.”

The recording sessions took place in April 2009, at the Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village of NYC.