Re: OT: Eno about record business

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

james fowler wrote:

> i think the studio is a unique 
> environment where you can slowly (or quickly, i guess) sculpt a record 
> into something that could almost invariably never be replicated live.  

yep...but

> on the record, you (the artist) are in complete control of what the 
> listen is going to hear...they can only control the volume ; )  the 
> subtlety, just to name one thing, is never going to come across live 

I've been to plenty of gigs where the subtlety was 100% present.

I know what you mean tho', I think it's to do with the technology
of pa systems, and whether anyone actually cares what it sounds like.

Tomorrow I'm off to see a guy play indian classical music on a Rudra Vina,
probably un-amplified. I've heard him before and every nuance is audible.

On Sunday we're off to see Ornette Coleman at the Royal Festival Hall.
Last time I saw him play (with amplified electric band) it was simply
impossible to know what was really going on from the pa sound.
...so that's a bit of a gamble.


andy