I finally found my perfect piano microphone: my iPhone balanced on the edge of a music stand and propped up by a hymnal. Best sound is with the piano lid open to just the first level. I get to church early and practice my stuff for service but since I’m always worried about being late (back in my undergraduate college days I slept through a student recital I was supposed to have played on…talk about traumatic). Anyway, I always have time left over, so I’ve taken to improvising a iPhone setup so I can tape some things. I’m having fun doing it. I like that it’s not a big deal: just push record!
This is my arrangement of one of my favorite old timey hymn tunes, Holy Manna from Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion compiled by William Walker and published by him in 1835.
Lakewood United Church of Christ 