[-empyre-] live performance vs. studio/other

[drekdede <drekdede@HotPOP.com>]

> hello folks.
> 
> i wanted to talk a bit about performing live versus recorded.  i tend to
> feel that performances are something other than studio/recorded types of
> expression in that they are temporal...lasting only a set amount of time,
> being recorded in some abstract way by the people watching, and if recorded
> digitally or analog, available for somewhat accurate listening, although
> never quite the same as being there (unless someone is just playing
> pre-recorded cds...and then still, the place one is hearing something, as
> well as the equipment one listens on, and the surrounding environment, all
> have a play in how the sound is perceived.
> 
> my background in performance art makes me always consider a visual element
> when performing for an audience...not that the sound elements can't stand on
> their own, but when someone is given more than one element to take into
> their minds to evaluate, one tends to give a little less power to one or the
> other media, so either experience isn't as serious an affair.  when one's
> attention is divided, one tends to listen/look/process things differently.
> the idea of the division of media in my performances comes from my ideas
> about foreground and background listening.
> 
> as for recorded work, i have been concentrating on preparing recordings that
> can be effective on most listening devices...from boom boxes to expensive
> stereos (i listen to in-progress pieces on a boom box quite a bit).
> 
> if any of these ideas are of interest, please feel free to comment,
> critique, or suggest...
> 
> best future,
> john
> 
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