Key Note Speaker/Tennis Pro/M. Bison/Daniel G. Harmann & The Trouble Starts, Tractor !
Patton Oswalt, Moore Theatre*
Santana, White River Amphitheatre*
TV On The Radio, Showbox SoDo* !
A Tribe Called Quest/Nas/Mos Def/The Pharcyde/De La Soul/MF Doom/Blue Scholars/Sage Francis/Murs/Wale/Jay Electronica/Spank Rock/The Cool Kids/Kidz In The Hall/Amanda Blank, Gorge Amphitheatre* !
This is a really interesting debate. I tend to agree with Joseph and Shrie, that you can't truly compare the two as apples to apples.
When recording, a band has time to perfect and tweak everything...The finished product should represent the absolute best that the artists have to offer. (This is of course assuming they have access to infinite time and dollars in studio.) And they don't have to fuss over what they look like while they're playing: it's all about the sound. Why do you think so many artists come out of the studio looking like they just spent a few months in the Alaskan wilderness?
But in a live setting, you get one go--which makes it all the more exciting. There's that element of chance. Will the virtuoso guitarist crack in the midst of his solo? Will the prankster drummer blow up his kit in the middle of the set (K. Moon, I'm looking at you)? Will an impromptu jam give way to an amazing moment that goes down in the artists' lore forever? And it's about performance--pleasing the audience, aurally and visually.
Either can fall completely flat or be simply amazing. I've seen live shows by artists with a great record and been left cold. And I've seen live shows that reenergize me on a band whose record I'd dismissed.
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imaginary stella said on February 2, 2008:
This is a really interesting debate. I tend to agree with Joseph and Shrie, that you can't truly compare the two as apples to apples.
When recording, a band has time to perfect and tweak everything...The finished product should represent the absolute best that the artists have to offer. (This is of course assuming they have access to infinite time and dollars in studio.) And they don't have to fuss over what they look like while they're playing: it's all about the sound. Why do you think so many artists come out of the studio looking like they just spent a few months in the Alaskan wilderness?
But in a live setting, you get one go--which makes it all the more exciting. There's that element of chance. Will the virtuoso guitarist crack in the midst of his solo? Will the prankster drummer blow up his kit in the middle of the set (K. Moon, I'm looking at you)? Will an impromptu jam give way to an amazing moment that goes down in the artists' lore forever? And it's about performance--pleasing the audience, aurally and visually.
Either can fall completely flat or be simply amazing. I've seen live shows by artists with a great record and been left cold. And I've seen live shows that reenergize me on a band whose record I'd dismissed.
It must be Friday. I'm chatty!