Klarinet Archive - Posting 000145.txt from 2004/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] NY times article
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 23:25:16 -0400

At 10:41 AM 10/5/2004 -0400, Rose Harrison wrote:
> I was reading a NY Times article today about how some of the pit members
>play their instruments in a seperate room, the music is "mixed" with the
>other players and then broadcast through the house speakers. This is being
>done because then those pit spaces can be used by paying customers and
>audiences have become used to "speaker music". Has anyone come into contact
> with this situation? The url for the article is:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/05/theater/05pit.html?oref=login&th

It is even being done in some amateur productions these days! Personally,
I think it is a HORRIBLE development. It removes the "magic" from the
whole experience. Of course, if the all the instruments in question are
electronic keyboards and guitars, what difference does it make? I am aware
of a local production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" a few years ago where the
"pit" was located underneath a raised, raked stage. The musicians could
only see the action, and the actors see the conductor, by use of video
monitors.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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