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.
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>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
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John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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