I have a copy of Meader's record; 10-20 years ago it was in dollar bins and garage sales everywhere. Common as dirt.
But what you're saying here is very important, and why I so vehemently oppose the idea of live musicians using "backing tracks" to make their songs sound like the record, even on their own music.
I have a copy of Meader's record; 10-20 years ago it was in dollar bins and garage sales everywhere. Common as dirt.
But what you're saying here is very important, and why I so vehemently oppose the idea of live musicians using "backing tracks" to make their songs sound like the record, even on their own music.
Live is, and should be, a distinct and separate experience from being at home with the headphones on. Each has its value; but those values are different. Trying to make one exactly like the other is a disservice to yourself and your listeners. They don't pay to see you doing karaoke.
Exactly! David Byrne wrote a great book called How Music Works where he talks about how music's quality is dependent on where it is performed. We can't expect a song that works at a club to make sense when you're sitting at home on a Sunday afternoon. It's all situational.
Also, I was looking on Discogs and there are indeed a gazillion Vaughn Meader records for $1.
I saw a documentary about Lynyrd Skynyrd and learned that Ronnie Van Zant insisted that the band perform the songs live just like they were recorded with no improvisation. It worked out well for them.
On the other hand, you have the band "UK", which included several top English prog musicians; who had and then lost the legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth because they wanted to make him play his solos "just like the record". That didn't work out so well.
I have a copy of Meader's record; 10-20 years ago it was in dollar bins and garage sales everywhere. Common as dirt.
But what you're saying here is very important, and why I so vehemently oppose the idea of live musicians using "backing tracks" to make their songs sound like the record, even on their own music.
Live is, and should be, a distinct and separate experience from being at home with the headphones on. Each has its value; but those values are different. Trying to make one exactly like the other is a disservice to yourself and your listeners. They don't pay to see you doing karaoke.
Exactly! David Byrne wrote a great book called How Music Works where he talks about how music's quality is dependent on where it is performed. We can't expect a song that works at a club to make sense when you're sitting at home on a Sunday afternoon. It's all situational.
Also, I was looking on Discogs and there are indeed a gazillion Vaughn Meader records for $1.
That’s a great book.
Artists, take note to what this post says. “They don’t pay to see you do karaoke.” Great line, Shaggy!
I saw a documentary about Lynyrd Skynyrd and learned that Ronnie Van Zant insisted that the band perform the songs live just like they were recorded with no improvisation. It worked out well for them.
On the other hand, you have the band "UK", which included several top English prog musicians; who had and then lost the legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth because they wanted to make him play his solos "just like the record". That didn't work out so well.