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ACOUSTIFIED (EP) / Solo Acoustic Guitar

by Benjamin Schippritt

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Welcome 04:10
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Challenge 04:45
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The Journey 03:26
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This Way 04:48
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Water 04:26
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ACOUSTIFIED

⭐ Benjamin Schippritt on Solo Acoustic Guitar
⭐ Recorded during September / October 2020

I’m very proud to present these 5 compositions for solo acoustic guitar, inspired by the music of Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, compiled as an EP with pristine high resolution audio quality.

I wrote these acoustic tunes quite a while ago. When I heard Tommy playing for the first time, his overall style reminded me of a song of my childhood, which I was absolutely fond of. “Das Loch in der Banane” by Klaus Weiland. An in-between acoustic guitar tune that was regularly played on afternoon tv. I became a Tommy Emmanuel fan in an instant and started to take the acoustic guitar more seriously. One of the first things that drew my attention when hearing him play were some of his tunes, where he kept a strumming groove going while articulating bass and melody lines. I couldn't believe just listening to one guitar player only and had to figure out how he did it. As an actual electric guitar player it was a start of a long journey of learning to play and think guitar differently. All 5 compositions reflect my approach to write and play beautiful acoustic guitar music. The approach of an electric rock guitarist without electricity who is inspired by Tommy Emmanuel's music 😉

⭐ About recording the songs:

Recording acoustic guitar is a case sui generis. One or two microphones / mono or stereo, different stereo recording techniques... Which one to choose depends on personal taste, the room, the instrument and the actual task of the recording. Is it just a strumming guitar part in a dense mix or is it a solo acoustic guitar song. I experimented every now and then with different recording techniques and tended mostly towards Mid/Side. I like that it has a real mid channel and the room and width can be blended in to taste. This gives more options later on when mixing. I also like to record the direct signal of the guitar's build in pickup/microphone and add it carefully to the mix. It gives some extra mid range detail and bottom end, which results in an even more solid mid channel. But still I wasn't completely satisfied - missing some extra detail and body which I perceive while I'm playing. This time I used two additional room microphones. I realized that the sound of an acoustic instrument develops in the room and when you use only close miking it won't be captured. I was absolutely overwhelmed by what it did to the sound. Those extra room microphones added exactly what I was missing all the time. So, 5 channel recording it has to be from now on! The next step was unavoidable. I had to capture my 5 compositions for solo acoustic guitar with this recording technique in HiRes 24Bit/96KHz. I wanted to hear them with that sound. Now having finished this EP I can really say it was worth the effort. My HIGH FIDELITY ears are absolutely satisfied and this is exactly what you get here. A pristine HIGH FIDELITY recording of me playing my songs!

Because the eyes like to listen too I've produced also a video for each song and made also an ACOUSTFIED playlist on YouTube:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk1ot-P2fAElGHyV1j0LQ15U1ojiczCz8

Enjoy and Cheers! Benjamin

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released October 14, 2020

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Benjamin Schippritt is an enthusiastic and passionate guitarist, singer and composer with a strong beating heart for powerful and driving rock music. His virtuos playing style, creative song-writing and contributions cover many different genres of music and manage to perfectly fit that rocking attitude. ... more

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