Blog #8: The Acoustics of a CD vs. a Live Performance

I went to my first concert on Thursday for the Q102 Bosom Ball. I mean that's at least as close to a concert atmosphere as I have ever experienced and it certainly is a mind blowing excursion. I generally always knew that the difference between the acoustics of musical clippings on youtube, my music library, or on CDs were generally hollow representations of what the true artistic vision of whatever artist I was listening too was. The performers at the Bosom Ball were all interesting and compelling to watch and the energy in the place made me feel alive if that's the right term for it. The music does sound more full and active as a whole. Plus the element of the crowd and watching the musicians get involved in their art was something that nobody catches in the sounds contrived in a studio. It brings in that element that Higgins talks about how the performer is just as important as the score maybe even more so. Either way live music is like pure adrenaline and if the performer's work is well known to the crowd it creates an even bigger impact on the listener. People are not just sitting at home listening to the radio mindlessly or using it as background noise listeners become a part of the experience and the musical atmosphere which fuels the performance in an odd, but glorious way.