Ive been playing Shakuhachi since 1996 but I have never had the finances to own one, then I had a house fire that these were spared from. I suspect I will find the right one on my journey when the right one meets me, but until then I have plenty of ancient instruments to be getting along with.
I completely get what you mean though, woodwinds have a way of multiplying a lot and a lot of things come down to how they feel in your paws. So sorry to hear that you had that house fire, I'm glad some things survived it; especially you.
I've wanted theses kinds of flutes and shakuhachi for so long. i'd love to hear y'all play them also i didn't know you had a house fire too, Shimi. that's awful and we lost a lot in ours as well and we're glad you still have those wonderful instruments
oh stars! you both had house fires?! We couldn't imagine how devastating that would be XO I definitely need to post more clips of us playing in general... TBH micing a shakuhachi and traditional flutes in a way that's true to their feel and timbre is my biggest white whale as an audio engineer.
I should just post things tho so critters can hear *something* I just wish it wasn't so annoying syncing high quality audio to video.
yeah. unfortunately all the best gear and techniques in the world can't ever capture the beauty of acoustic instruments as we hear them with our own ears
The NTR ribbon mic and one of our tube mics in the right configuration get *close* part of the tough part with capturing things is just how dynamic playing can be... We're thinking of maybe getting a hold of an XY stereo pencil mic and using that to get a sense of where the shakuhachi is pointed.
I've been playing mine since 2018-19 or so: I've only just gotten to the point where I feel like I'm communicating with it. I take lessons with a really excellent maker local to the LA area. He does some fantastic work and I'd be happy to introduce you if you're in my corner of the world sometime