Diploma thesis

What is this?

The practical piece of work, or "diploma thesis", is a studio recording by Maria and me, to complete my education as a sound technician, and the theoretical side of education.

Recording, editing, mixing, mastering: Maria, Gwen
Supervision and evaluation: Herbert, tone-art school
Recorded: in June 2020, at the tone-art studio
Artist: Roman List
Instruments: vocals, gittern, bombard, flute, tenor drum
Song: Neidhart

In June 2020, my study mate Maria and I recorded our diploma thesis at the tone-art studio.

Total time of work:
30 minutes for set-up,
4 hours for recording,
4 hours for editing, mixing and mastering. 

We also had to come up with a rough plan of how to do the recording (planning, talking to bands/artists, ...). The general idea was to get a taste of the experience of "studio time is expensive and therefore short", to get used to working under pressure and delivering results with a strictly limited amount of time.

This is a medieval song. The text tells the story of a party, where it was, who arrived there, what happened at the party, ending with the main narrator, Neidhart, hiding in a barrel of wine so as not to get hit by an angry drunk. Sounds like it was a good party.

You can listen to the recording here. Enjoy!

Roman List performs medieval music in Vienna once in a while, sometimes telling stories about other famous medieval people, such as Count Dracula. It is probably easiest to take a look at his Facebook page for upcoming events.

In the meantime, I have mixed a few live recordings for CrashMan's Kapelle, a three person band from Vienna playing rock with some psychedelic elements.