I recently had the pleasure to record a local musician in Syracuse named Rob Benedict. My DSLR records good video, but has poor sound recording. The idea of being able to make videos eventually won me over and I purchased a semi-pro microphone that attaches to my camera. The day after it came in the mail I got a call from Rob saying he had finished recording a few tracks of his first CD. He was going to bring them to me so I could play his music during planetarium shows at the museum where I work. I told him about my new mic and he agreed to play a song live for me. So, after we listened to his CD while under the stars, we recorded the song in the planetarium. You will notice that I've included some of my nature photography in the video. Please check it out and I hope you enjoy.
As of writing this I've played his music for around 200 visitors in the planetarium. During part of each show I sit quietly and let the audience enjoy watching the stars move across the dome for a minute or two. This is when I've been using his music. I had previously played some sci-fi sounding stuff, which still works well before the show begins, but visitors have really taken to Rob's flute music. I never get comments about the sci-fi music, but I've already heard a couple positive ones about Rob's. So, if you ever come to The MOST in downtown Syracuse, NY and see a planetarium show with me, request Rob's music before the show begins.
