Toni Panadès wrote: > While the live is very clear: "A release that was recorded live." I don't think even this part is clear.
There have been two recent discussions on the forum about what "recorded live" means. The best example is surrounding http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/786211b5-6caa-3c76-903e-9c085bc7e117.html (Jackson Browne's album "Running on Empty"). Does "live" refer to being recording anywhere but a studio? Only in a concert venue? Being performed in front of an audience? Recording in a single take? Recording the overall ambient sound (stereo-pair miking) vs. recording directly from the soundboard vs. recording each instrument individually for later mixdown? (And, if so, which category does the middle one fall in?) Using recording/mixing gear designed for live recording? No overdubbing/edits and minimal post-processing? Maybe "live" is some fuzzy combination of some or all of the above: a prototypical live album is recorded with the artist on the stage of a concert venue, in front of an audience, using no pre-recorded sounds; the sound is recorded through a pair of mics above the crowd pointed at the stage; the entire performance is recorded from start to finish and included in the album uncut; the only post-processing is mastering. The question is how close a given album comes to that prototype. Or is it more about the intention that the album should sound like you're watching a performance, than however that happens to be accomplished? Is it different for classical music, electronic/turntablist/etc. music, or spoken word than for rock? Does it matter if the artist refers to it as a "live album"? -- View this message in context: http://musicbrainz-mailing-lists.2986109.n2.nabble.com/clarifying-ReleaseType-tp5933263p5951987.html Sent from the Style discussions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
