Klarinet Archive - Posting 000548.txt from 1999/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Funny Nielsen recording
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:30:38 -0400

At 12:02 AM 10/19/1999 +0100, Michael Whight wrote:
>
>>(I wrote)
>> More like the difference between live theater and a movie. Of course,
>live
>> theater is better! But if someone were to make an archival film of the
>> stage show, would it not be better to dub over the fluffed lines and
>missed
>> cues? I say "Yes." I personally would not care to know that MY mistakes
>> are being repeated ad infinitum in thousands, or even millions, of homes
>> all over the world!
>>
>>
>> In essence I agree with you. For a performance that is to be repeated ad
>infinitum mistaks are irritating. The other side of the coin however is that
>perfect performances like this involve a certain amount of dishonesty.
>Moreover the act of trying to capture the perfect performance may be
>contradictory to the creative process which is inevitably different each
>time and evolving. To this extent recorded music poses a danger to the live
>process. It becomes more difficult to justify taking an artistic risk
>because of the possibility of it not coming off. Performances become
>standard rather than individual, sound concepts converge so that they are
>more marketable etc. I wonder whether this is a good thing.
>
Au contraire! While risks may not be taken in recording, in order to
insure a relatively "clean" performance, there is all the more incentive to
TAKE the risks in live, unrecorded performance. If it fails to come off,
fine. It disappears in the ether and is gone. If it works, the audience
will be thrilled.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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