Well expressed, Tako! It is too easy to mistake a recording for a performance, and easier still to make odius comparisons between the two. john (who will somehow complete a Cantico del Sol before the summer is out)
At 04:33 PM 6/26/01 +0000, you wrote: >"Ginny Allen" <revginny@w...> wrote: >"Ginny Allen" <revginny@w...> wrote: >> When you are in studio, don't be intimidated by the engineers. >> YOU are the musician and they are the technicians. > >Dear Ginny, > >I agreed with all your points about working collaboratively with the >engineer. BUT, I do feel I need to defend the honor of recording >engineers! :-) > >Like singers, engineers have technical expertise, but what we do is >also part of the musical process itself. Taking a performance and >turning it into a beautiful recording is an art form. A recording is a >newly created work distinct from the performance which can have its >own artistic legal protection. If you've ever heard multiple remixes >of a single performance - you can hear just how different a >recording can turn out in different hands. > >There's a parallel in the visual arts world - Photographers are not >just technicians. For instance, Annie Leibovitz is a celebrated >photographer whose work is often shown in galleries. The subjects of >her camera may be interesting people, but Leibovitz is the artist. > >We singers are always working in collaboration with some kind of >acoustician - sometimes the long-gone designer of the hall, sometimes >the sound engineer, often both. Not to mention costume/set/lighting >designers, composers, librettists, accompanists, conductors - all of >whom change the way people perceive our vocal contribution. > >Tako > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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