On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM, David Tayler <vidan...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I don't agree with Mr Haynes, but it doesn't matter, I use primary sources. > Why use a secondary source?
To point us to the primary sources. ;-) > As for recording changing the way people play, that simply can't be true, I have become better, through recording. Concentration improved, accuracy improved, reliability improved, control improved. But improvisation is held in check during recording. Three takes of a continuo song with my part differently three times, as I would do in three concerts, is a bad idea. The producer will edit with an ear to the singer, leaving ugly scars in my continuo lines. It happened, it is still happening, it will happen again. I try to do single takes these days. For my solo pieces that's ok, accepting the odd imperfection in a flowing musical line and what to me is a more honest approach to music making. But not all my colleagues agree, or dare to trust themselves and their audiences, so in ensemble recordings majority rules and editing is still the norm. But I see a change around me. My latest CD, the Dowland to Purcell one with the singer, is partly recorded for a live audience in concert, single takes! Way to go. On a side note, I am listening to Glenn Gould's recordings of the 2 and 3 part inventions of Bach at the moment. What a recording session saga, nothing spontaneous about that! But beautiful, very beautiful. > As long as we have live concerts, there is a big reality check. Indeed. But many people only listen to recordings, it's their world, touchstone and musical reality. So recordings do change the perception of the audience. Performers are judged against digital perfection, however dead that perfection can be in ears that know how to appreciate a live concert. They are two worlds. YouTube might bring some of that live feeling back to people who would normally only listen to recordings. David - fan of YuoTube within one weekend -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
