In a message dated 1/19/2004 5:43:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I prefer a live orchestra, even it would not be that perfect in tune or > committing mistakes here & there, but full of expression & > enthusiasm, > just human & not a machine ! > > Hans Pizka Again, my heart is in complete agreement with your thoughts. It's a sad fact that the artists usually put far more into creating the music than the average listener gets out. As musicians, we tend to be exposed to the more avid, intellectual, and experienced segment of the audience, one of the greatest joys we derive from our own involvement. Unfortunately, this segment does not represent a large enough percentage of sales to interest the bean counters, and is the segment that is least effected by marketing and promotion. The first group to suffer from this evolving technology will be the studio musicians. Already, it is common practice to use only top first chair players and synth in the tutti players. With this kind of software, that will probably become universal practice. With the bread and butter studio positions being eliminated, the competition for serious performing positions will become fierce. What would happen if all the young, hot shot, studio musicians in LA, or other major cities, got really serious about joining the Philharmonic? On the other hand, this could cause a huge interest in live performance. In the last few years, I've almost stopped buying glitzy new performances. They are way overpriced, and way over produced. I go to Tower, or comparable volume discounters, and look for cheap recordings of interesting works, often done by Russian or Eastern European orchestras. The digital recording technology is usually excellent, and the recording is pretty much a live take. The price of making CDs is so low that a major orchestra could probably make all its performances available in live recording. Really obvious blunders can be fixed pretty seamlessly. Wouldn't it be interesting to subscribe to a yearly series of CDs comparing pairs of major orchestras performing identical concerts? I don't want to be the voice of doom. We musicians are the ones who need to have the vision and promote it in every little way we can, any time we get the opportunity. As sophomoric as the horn list can get, and I do enjoy the wide humor we share, promoting and sharing our dreams is the real function, and a responsibility we all seem to accept. _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
