Hi,

We just had this discussion on the PA board, although it was on a different type of thing ... it had started as an analog/digital thing.

In the end, and this had come up on my review of Steven Wilson's rehashes of King Crimson albums, was that any recording, be it analog, or digital, or 1920 or 2010 ... is not as important as the "moment itself" or the "second" that was recorded ... which helps us remember it forever.

In essence, it is not the recording that is "good" as much as the moment itself crystalized beautifully and made any recording process sound better.

The rest is so subjective, that it has a tendency to take away from the music itself and the artistry involved!

But yes, the CHB is probably impeccably recorded and deserves some credit for its excellent care to detail in doing so, and I guess Bapu needs a pat in the back on this, but then, so does everyone else involved that more than likely made sure Bapu was on his toes and not in asleep!

Hi Mosh,
 I think I feel similarly.
 
 I'm guessing...  are you an admirer of Henri Cartier Bresson?


best regards,
mike

mike_mccue


Hi Mosh,
I think I feel similarly.

I'm guessing...  are you an admirer of Henri Cartier Bresson?


best regards,
mike

Photography is a lost art ... mostly because so much of it is lost in the commercial world, and folks do not know/see the difference.
 
I used to think that photography hurts art, and then I saw "La Belle Noiseusse" which most people can't handle as it is 4 hours long and many people do not enjoy seeing a painting ... come to life ... while the subject simply stands there ... which I think was the sexy temptation that was driving so many people crazy in the audience of the film, btw!
 
Now, I do not. Photography was ok. Many were good, and many were not. Some knew that "moment" and "second in time" and always found it, and it was my "secret" on stage and film in directing ... I always found that special moment and knew how to help it bet better.
 
I wish I could say the same thing for music, or even the CHB, but I doubt I will ever be asked for a suggestion ... I really wanted to be a part of that choir, even though my voice is worse than a cracked actor, but I know how to get around that to do something with it ... but no one will ever have an interest in something odd, weird, witty, strange ... that helps what's already there ... it's not different than another cowbell, if you will! Well placed, at the right time ... boom ... it becomes bigger than it really is! I'm not sure that the majority of today's musicians are open to experimentation and fun, and something different from anyone else.
 
In the end, it wasn't the camera, or the paint that made it!
 
It was the person behind it! It was his/her own feeling that brought it to life! I don't think that we should EVER ignore that ... that effort alone is priceless!

Hi,

I can not think of ANY recording or anything ... that ever stood out, better than what my movie mind was seeing or expanded that music to.

But there are moments ... that are superfluous and above and beyond ... any thought ... any dream ... any idea ... that if you have never felt it, you have no idea ... that little moment, sometimes only seconds long gets you so high ... for so many days ... you know it's right ... you know it's important ... you know it ...

If you have never seen this in music, maybe you should put on the Tom Dowd DVD and wait for that piece in the end, when he separates that duet from everything else ... and now you know what magic is and how someone captured it!

Can you do the same? Do you want to do the same? Are you with people that help you do this?
 
Magic, or Magick (or however you want to spell it!) ... is about the blending of the elements to a degree when ... it becomes something else ... a new birth ... a new experience ... a new moment ... and there are times, when the best moments were killed by the DAW ... with too much thinking and changing and such ... but you have to "know" that moment or it will never be around long enough for you to see it! ... that simple!

you might want to give this a shot:

http://www.enjoythemusic..../classical/richter.htm





best,
mike

Emitt was a major influence for me.  Just wished he was a decent lyricist as well.  Particularly in retrospect...they kinda suck.  But what a talented ol feller!

yorolpalWhere you come from is gone...where you thought you were goin to weren't never there...and where you are ain't no good unless you can get away from it.

 
Wish more musicians understood this! Don't you? ... we might have a lot less rock'n'roll, though .... !!!