Comments on: Music Recordings Byte Reality

By: dtclarinet

dtclarinet — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:25:05 +0000

Thank you for your comment Marion. I know David very well. Good luck with your recording project. It's a tough process.

By: Marion Harrington

Marion Harrington — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:54:42 +0000

Being in the middle of recording a clarinet album – a new experience- I agree with every word that you have written! My main concern when analysing the first session has been whether or not the emotion of the music can be appreciated by the listener which is a pretty tall order after playing in a completely dead acoustic!
Really enjoyed the sensitivity and understanding with which you write.
Many thanks to David H Thomas, principal clarinettist from Columbus Symphony, for passing on a link to this blog.

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By: Alive with Music at The Buzzing Reed

Alive with Music at The Buzzing Reed — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:51:47 +0000

[...] However, recordings also create a false standard for live music performances. Current technology allows for recordings to be edited down to the level of single notes, so it is possible for all flaws to be removed from almost any recording before it is released. Granted, the music is still performed by live orchestras, but the drama of the moment, with close calls, near misses, and belly flops, has been removed to be replaced by the security of artificial perfection by correction. (I wrote an article about this subject saeveral years ago, called Music Recordings Byte Reality.) [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:02:01 +0000

Haven’t read the article yet, but your description and reaction to it are very thought-provoking. I used to be a total recorded music addict in my twenties (modern classical, jazz, blues, heavy metal), but I sold my stereo and record collection at one point to make ends meet, and I never replaced it. I still have a boombox radio and a bunch of cassettes, and i can walk across the road to my parents’ house and listen to records on their stereo any time, but I almost never feel the urge to do so. Even for works of music I really, really love, half an hour is about my limit: I’d simply rather listen to natural sound. This is not the result of any conscious decision – I didn’t discover John Cage’s writings until after I came down with this condition and was attempting to diagnose it. Perhaps I am just becoming increasingly sensitive, or valuing the act of listening more – or perhaps I simply don’t need to be altering my mood through music the way I used to when life was faster paced and more intense. One result is that live music is mind-blowing now, whether it be the Altoona Symphony (don’t laugh – they’re pretty good!) or my brother’s clawhammer banjo out on the porch.