Re: [OM] TOPE: Landscapes

[Winsor Crosby]

> > In <cd.150f6284.29d2a25d@xxxxxxx>, on 03/26/02 at 11:19 PM,
> >    ClassicVW@xxxxxxx said:
> >
> > > Are you saying that most performers should sound the same in live
> > > concerts as  they do on their CDs? If so, that's utterly ridiculous.
> > When it comes to pop music -- of any sort -- all bets regarding
> > veridicality are off. There isn't a spark of "reality" or any attempt
> > to approach same in that arena, unless we're talking about capturing an
> > acoustic instrument in a real space.
> >
> > When the limitations of the reproduction system "train" the listener,
> > he/she is often disappointed that the live concert doesn't sound "as
> > good" as it does at home on a recording. It's Mother Nature's way of
> > getting back at us, I suppose.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
> > ---------------------------------------------


I think that point is well taken. Unfortunately there is very little 
of what used to be called live music left to train the ear.  It is 
almost all amplified and reproduced through speakers in the concert 
environment even with classical music and opera.  About the only 
place where you can still hear what voices and instruments sound like 
are chamber music and soloists in intimate environments.  And 
occasionally jazz groups. So you are mostly just comparing 
electronically manipulated sound environments, especially with pop 
music, and which one of those sounds best is just subjective at best. 
That reminds me of some of the objections to some of the Beatles 
album reissues which were given the standard reissuance cleanup from 
the original master tapes and people were disappointed that they did 
not have that original funky distorted sound which they loved. :-)
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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