Terje FjeldeApologies in advance: After a couple of toots yesterday, I sat down and thought some more about #music, #musicAndTechnology, #musicPerformance and #musicRecording, and I jotted down some personal thoughts on the subject - just scattered fragments, definitely not to be taken as gospel, or even as a cohesive argument. But it's fun to share, so here goes nothing! (1/5)
Roberta Fidora@terjefjelde There’s a couple of really great books which talk about the spaces in which we listen and how different environments shape recordings that seem like they might be relevant to your thoughts. One is called Records Ruin the Landscape by David Grubbs and the other is Ways of Hearing by Damon Krukowski. The second one is available as a podcast too. https://waysofhearing.bandcamp.com
Ways of Hearing
A six-part podcast exploring the nature of listening in our digital world, produced for Showcase from Radiotopia. Written and hosted by musician Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi). Produced by Damon Krukowski, Max Larkin and Ian Coss. Sound design by Ian Coss. Executive producer Julie Shapiro. The complete transcript available as an illustrated book from MIT Press (ISBN: 9780262039642).
@RobertaFidora Thanks for that! I'll definitely check them out - I'm always curious about these things.
I have a vague recollection about similar topics being discussed in my "Music and Communication" course way back at uni, but that's more or less misty, out-of-focus brain fog by now (or "general knowledge", as I like to call it), and I couldn't remember any of the books if I tried!
@terjefjelde You're welcome. Sounds like it was an interesting course too! I love reading things on that subject. I think I have some of the same conflicts between live and recorded sound and I'm constantly trying to find ways of describing the different types of transformation and communion during each experience but it always sounds very clumsy.
@RobertaFidora Same, and I often find myself hoist by my own petard when I try to clarify my thoughts. There's certainly no universal truth – what seems to make sense in one setting/genre/mood/time/place/performance doesn't necessarily do so in another.