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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Live vs. Recorded transcendent moments.

Post Subject: A new breed of musician?Posted by rowuk on: 6/22/2013

I think that I can relate to both sides.
When we speak about recordings that come from "live" events, the musicians interact with the audience at hand. Generally that means a statistically significant mix of "music lovers", "music analysers", and disinterested spouses along for the ride. One or more virtual people in the audience do not "change" the experience for anyone in the orchestra.
When we talk about studio recordings, those listening (recording engineer, producer) do not offer significant emotional or artistic feedback. In many cases, to keep costs down, a more "secure" method of playing can actually change the goal from musical to economical. The results are often far from trancendental!
I think that the magic moments are not limited to the live experience, but my enjoyment of music is very much based on my early exposure to LIVE music. After a while, the appreciation of such gives us the tools to get the uplifting experience virtually.
If we had great recordings from Bach's era, there would be a lot of guessers out of work........... Just perhaps earlier generations tolerance of minor playing errors caused the performances to be more musically talkative because there was no immediate comparisons.
Perhaps the modern breed of musician has been trained to convey emotion without feedback? There is certainly enough opportunity for the first call studio musicians to practice.

I too walk out on concerts that insult me. A recent performance by 10 (classically trained) Tenors with a plastic piano are a very good example of event thinking.......... that let me walk out in the middle of a tune.

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