Listen to Ian Cooper's
"One Man String Section"
James Morrison & The Idea of North -
Trumpet Solo: James Morrison
Sring arr: Andrew Piper.
All Strings: Ian Cooper
String arr: Ian Cooper.
James Morrison & Deni Hines - The Other Woman
All Strings: Ian Cooper
String arr: James Morrison
Flugel Horn Solo: James Morrison
The Idea of North - This Christmas
String arr: Naomi Crellin.
Nathan Leigh Jones - Brand New Christmas
String arr: Nathan Leigh Jones.
All Strings: Ian Cooper
Orchestral arr. Ian Cooper.
André Robinson - upcoming CD release
All Strings: Ian Cooper
String arr: André Robinson.
All Strings: Ian Cooper
Vocal: Ignatius Jones
String Arr. Evan Lohning.
Trombone: James Morrison
All Strings: Ian CooperString arr: Ian Cooper.
Sally Street - One Bite at the Cherry
Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
All Strings: Ian CooperString arr: Ian Cooper.
Ian Cooper's
"One Man String Section"
Ian Cooper is a composer, arranger, musician and recording
studio owner which puts him in a very unique position. He is
able to write creative string arrangements for songs & jingles,
and record ALL the string parts.
See also The-String-Factory.com
Ian plays the parts on different physical instruments, as opposed to repeated overdubbing of the same instrument. Phase problems and nasty cancelations occur when combining identical lines played repeatedly on the same instrument. So a 6 part first violin section is played on 6 different violins.
Another trick is to stand in different spots around a stereo pair of mics, exactly where the players would be if they were there altogether. When the channels are combined at the end, the orchestra mixes itself and you hear a glorious stereo image of a room full of lush strings. And all done at a fraction the cost of a string section.
If you need the string arrangement written as well, then sending a reference track or a sound-alike will speed up writing, and you'll get exactly what you want first go.
Songs needing strings can be sent as mp3s, WAVs or AIFFs and the string parts can be delivered in any format you wish.
Turnaround is generally 2-3 days for a well thought-out arrangement.
Email Ian now to see whether he can do your job.