Honeymooner 336 Posted August 4, 2014 Hey everyone, I hope this is the right area. This is a type of art, after all. Aside from being a big Lana fan, I am also a classical musician and arranger, and I play in a lot of string trios and quartets for wedding, parties, that sort of thing. I've arranged a lot of music over the past couple of years, including John Powell's "Kisses and Cake" and Pharrell Williams' "Happy." I also recently played for a wedding where the bride and groom had a somewhat unusual request: Lana's "Young and Beautiful" for the bridesmaids, and "Video Games" for the bride. I did the string quartet arrangements for both. I had this idea of getting a string quartet together to record several of her songs, put them on a CD, and present them to Lana if she is in concert in San Diego (or somewhere in southern California) and I can get tickets. I'm wondering if anyone out there is, perhaps, a string player in the SoCal area who would be interested in participating in a recording project? Aside from the 2 tunes above, I have completed arrangements of "Summertime Sadness" and "Blue Jeans," and am currently working on "Dark Paradise." I plan to also do "Blue Velvet" and "Once Upon a Dream" (both in Lana's style), as well as "Born To Die," "National Anthem," "American," and "Old Money." That will be a total of 11 songs (hope they all fit on one CD!). I could try to get a group of people here that I already know, but I'd rather have people who are Lana fans and know her music as well as I do. Anyone interested?? Thanks! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TMCBryan 217 Posted August 4, 2014 I don't know but I'd totally buy that CD. Just saying. Please keep us updated with your recording. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honeymooner 336 Posted August 4, 2014 I don't know but I'd totally buy that CD. Just saying. Please keep us updated with your recording. Thanks! But it wouldn't be something that I would sell. It would be strictly for Lana, as a tribute to her and her music. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MotelHoney 306 Posted August 5, 2014 you should upload them to youtube but that sounds cool 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longtimeman 9,011 Posted August 5, 2014 I can't help you, but it sounds great. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueJeans 2,608 Posted August 5, 2014 Can't help you either but definitely intéresses about hearing the result if it happens ! Me love String Del Rey ! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
