No, I’m not closing the website, nor my musical or any other activities. But I’m finished, after almost a year of hard work, hours on hours, attempts, mishaps and more recording. Yes, I finally finished all the recordings.

The recording process itself might seem to be easy for some, but it isn’t. A lot of focus is required for each and every attempt, there’s positioning and a lot of technical stuff, with all that, I also had to maintain my mental health, which was not that great some days and some days it was super hard. There’s also physical health, which is getting better is some aspects.

Back to the recording, I used Logic Pro X with two sE8 microphones with Scarlett 2i2. It’s not the best setup in the world. My 7 course lute is string with nylgut strings from Aquila and refretted with gut frets, as I live in Israel, using gut strings is not the best option, although I’de really like to.

But the work isn’t over, now I need to send all the recordings for mastering and finishing touches. YouTube aside, I really want to make this an album, I really think we more people should be exposed to Renaissance music.

I also want to thank my family and friends for supporting and helping me in during this time, mainly my parents, brother, sister and my best friend, Amiel. My social worker and others who assisted me.

Finally, please follow me on the website and other channels. I’m on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.

Thank You,

Omer Katzir, a.k.a. “The Silent Troubadour”