Well put Steve, I am with you completely on this one. Recordings are great for study and to pass the time in the car. If I want to hear music, I go to the performance.
Sousa refused to record for Edison because he felt that recordings would be the death of live music. When you look around and see how few musicians make their livings today performing compared to the turn of the last century, he may well be right. Yet, now it is our loss because those of us in the band world would benefit greatly by having a comprehensive catalog of Sousa directed performances for reference. Thankfully, recordings can never replace the experience of live acoustic music. Best to all Chris >>> Steven Mumford <[email protected]> 9/1/2010 10:17 AM >>> I have never given a crap about recording quality in any medium. I happily listen to worn out vinyl with all the scratches, hisses, pops, clicks, spilled beer, melted parts from being left in a hot car, various wires having fallen apart on my turntable, rogue interfering electrical signals from the teapot in the sky, smoke wafting out of tortured vacuum tubes in my war surplus amplifier, my half-deaf grandfather dancing wildly and bumping the turntable every 5 seconds. None of that bothers me in the slightest. If I want to hear good audio quality, I go to a concert. - Steve Mumford _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/cwilhjelm%40pascack.k12.nj.us _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
