Klarinet Archive - Posting 000234.txt from 1999/10

From: klara hall <klahall@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 03:54:57 -0400

kevin wrote
<<I had the opportunity to play under an excellent conductor named Bill
Cole,
who taught at Western Washington University. He pointed out that the
Chicago Symphony doesn't really play all that much louder than a junior
high
school pep band -- it just seems that way because (a) they are in tune
and
(b) the CSO plays so much SOFTER. It's not how loud you play that makes
a
difference -- it's the dynamic contrast you can make. <<

good point. extremely good point.

>>If you have some
electron-head filtering everything so that it's the same volume (only
slightly softer than the commercials), why bother?<<
seems like sound techs have a couple of handicaps--
1. wrong concept.
2. hearing loss ; )

i saw something interesting last weekend. A jazz group played (piano,
guitar, reeds, bass, drums). all the instruments plugged into the
overall sound system EXCEPT the quitarist. so audience could watch reed
player all thru the show, but rarely hear.

k-ann

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