RE: Musicians & engineers vs. musicians, not engineers. Tako, You are absolutely right and you thought this through beautifully. In typical artist-style, I overstated what I intended to say. I certainly don't want to dishonor sound engineers, either!! Thanks. I think you clarified my intent. Ginny
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tako Oda" <toda@m...> From: "Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
> "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
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