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Concerts (pg. 2)
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
You don't go to a concert for sound qualify. |
What? |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
Second that "what?".
He just stays in and eats Hungry Boy. I wish I could add "dinners" to that, but alas... |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
What? |
You think a live concert acoustics are going to compare to what is recorded in a studio? :stongue: |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| A studio recording rarely hits you in the chest like an angry father. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| Loudness is often used to compensate for quality. Never thought of like an angry father :stongue: |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
You think a live concert acoustics are going to compare to what is recorded in a studio? :stongue: |
No, I don't think that, because they're not comparable. I will give you the benefit of the doubt though, and agree that many ty musical acts have their tiness amplified by ty venues. However, some bands sound radically different and in many ways better, when provided adequate sound setup/techs, etc.
Sometimes it's the genre that doesn't fit the venue, too- when I saw the NIN|JA show, it was in a very lame amphitheater in between a couple of corporate buildings, and at 6pm, the sun never went the down. There was a noise ordinance they had to adhere to. Awful. Great show marred by a setup of circumstance. NIN needs to be in a dark, grimy club with a roof- he never lost his Cleveland in that respect.
But some acts like HEALTH are very much 'live' bands- the punk undertones do not come out in studio performances, even if they sound 'cleaner' on CD when listening to them in your 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe while barreling down the Interstate sipping your macchiato. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
Yeah but do you go to shows to watch them or hear them? |
I just go to have fun. Some live acts are all about the spectacle, others about the interaction, others about the "live" aspect of the music itself - improvisation, adaptation and so on.
I just think gigs are generally quite underwhelming. They don't last for very long, there's always far too much standing around with no music, there's often a lot of jostling in the crowd and there's generally a percentage of gig wankers in the crowd. I get really irritated by people at gigs who seem to try incredibly hard to give off the impression they're so ing into music. Generally they'll be really intensely but awkwardly doing the gig-bob completely out of time with anything that's happening in the music.
I just think a lot of music doesn't really need to be performed live and doesn't get any more fun after you've paid £15 and stood around for 45 minutes. The last "name" band I saw were Buttons a few months back, and it just felt pointless. I'd definitely agree that stuff like metal or punk is more worthwhile - I don't really like those genres but I think going to see a punk band live is an experience you won't get from listening to them anywhere else. I just don't think that's true for the majority of bands out there.
For me there's far more pleasure factor in going to a club and dancing for 6-8 hours to a good DJ, then having an afters, and so on. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| May I suggest a pair of seccond hand sunglasses for that dark grimmy feel at your next NIN concert. Irreguardless I think we are in agreement. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I just go to have fun. Some live acts are all about the spectacle, others about the interaction, others about the "live" aspect of the music itself - improvisation, adaptation and so on.
I just think gigs are generally quite underwhelming. They don't last for very long, there's always far too much standing around with no music, there's often a lot of jostling in the crowd and there's generally a percentage of gig wankers in the crowd. I get really irritated by people at gigs who seem to try incredibly hard to give off the impression they're so ing into music. Generally they'll be really intensely but awkwardly doing the gig-bob completely out of time with anything that's happening in the music.
I just think a lot of music doesn't really need to be performed live and doesn't get any more fun after you've paid £15 and stood around for 45 minutes. The last "name" band I saw were Buttons a few months back, and it just felt pointless. I'd definitely agree that stuff like metal or punk is more worthwhile - I don't really like those genres but I think going to see a punk band live is an experience you won't get from listening to them anywhere else. I just don't think that's true for the majority of bands out there.
For me there's far more pleasure factor in going to a club and dancing for 6-8 hours to a good DJ, then having an afters, and so on. |
Yeah, that's fair. I suppose part of the reason I enjoy live music so much is because I don't play any instruments myself - when the musicianship is good, regardless of how lame the rest of if is, I am in such awe.
My bf's cousin is in a popular upcoming Canadian band, and we went to see her live a couple weeks ago. Sort of like folk-pop-electronica something something. What I learned from that night was that it is IMPERATIVE that the person on the main mixer board knows what the he/she is doing. God. The sound guy really ing blew it. No consistency - constantly ing with the levels of everything, mostly to the detriment of the sound. Kind of hard to ignore that and not let it ruin the experience, but it really makes a difference. I have never really witnessed such a blatantly ty sound job.
But yeah, I def prefer rave/club life too. |
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| Watts |
| I'll go to support my favorite bands and buy their merch, but I don't like seeing bands I've never heard before because the sound is always garbage. Coupled with ear plugs, loud amps, and acoustic drums, I won't hear them anyways. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| You should always wear the t-shirt of the band that's playing to let everyone know you're a true fan. Note for NIN concert wearing all black is equivalent. |
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| Scoops |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
You should always wear the t-shirt of the band that's playing to let everyone know you're a true fan. |
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