Mike Rivers wrote:
In article lahblah writes:
except to share it with 6000 people all grooveing on the energy of it
That's the problem. 5800 of them should sit home and listen to the CD.
We've a long way to go with sound playback and recording. Even the best
speakers are a long way from the real thing. Real instruments have this
incredible healing power. I come out after attending an intense performance and
I'm practically shaking, in a good way.
But if the band isn't playing like a group, then you're not listening
to anything real at a concert either. You're listening to a
reproduction. And as you said, it has a way to go - whether the
speakers are on stage or in a listening room.
I enjoy the intimacy of live music that's intimate - music that's no
longer intimate when you amplify it so that 6000 people can hear it
and only a few can be close enough to see what's going on. I don't
enjoy music that imposes itself on me. But then that's just my own
preference. Some people enjoy being assaulted, and that's the most
important part of the concert experience for them.
I've seen a couple of "theater" sized venues which supported a lot
of audience ( 2000 and up ) where you could hear everything,
max distance to the stage wasn't "opera glasses" far and it wasn't
that messy getting in or out.
SFAIK, those places are going belly up left right and center, and
they won't be replaced. And this at $50 to $150 a seat.
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