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SUPPORT ME ON PATREON\n\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\n\nI\u2019m going to tell you why recorded music is WAY MORE OFTEN as close as humans have come to music perfection.\n\nI\u2019ve been thinking a lot about this lately because of our current social condition. We can\u2019t do in-person live, but we can very much do real-time live online, which has been awesome. As of this podcast, I\u2019ve done nearly 50 online shows, and I don\u2019t plan on stopping anytime soon. It\u2019s been a thrill on almost every level. But I\u2019ll tell you this: The more live I do \u2013 in-person or virtual, the more I believe that the vast majority of live music is LAME when compared to the recorded versions.\n\nLet\u2019s bust a myth: Spontaneity & surprise & beautifully flawed idiosyncrasies can only come from live music. Ehnnt! (wrong answer buzzer sound) Inspiration & happy accidents can happen anywhere. As a veteran recording artist & producer, I can tell you that quite often the best parts of my songs have come from the \u201cwild\u201d takes or happy accidents I always leave room for. You get all that live too, but it\u2019s fleeting, almost never integral, and both sonically & musically it\u2019s almost always lesser quality.\n\nHere\u2019s another myth: Live is always more dynamic and visceral. Ehnnt! \xa0Musicians can be equally \u201cin the zone\u201d in the studio, and they have the advantage of finding & using the best version of that. \xa0Every good recording artist knows how to be dynamic in any setting, and every good producer knows how to bring that out of artists \u2013 even the not-so-good-at-recording ones. As a listener, when you\u2019re in a car, or wearing headphones, or playing music LOUD in a room, a song can affect you so much you start to tingle or shout or cry or sing along.\n\nAnd another: Live is more human and more connected. Ehnnt! EVERYTHING humans create is human \u2013 acoustic, electric, electronic, programmed, whatever. And what better way to connect directly with an artist than to hear their song in your head exactly as intended. Artists appreciate this immensely \u2013 I know I do. When a recording is done right, when the essence of a song is brought to its fullest realization, it\u2019s the truest version and the closest to the original inspiration.\n\nOkay, in every case here you can get all this from the live experience too. And for those artists & listeners who live & die by live, much respect and deference. So why then is recorded music better than live? Ultimately it comes down to one thing. It\u2019s as close to immortality as we can get. Live music lives & dies just like we do. It\u2019s a one-night stand. \xa0Recorded lasts as long as our media & media conversions allow it to. That goes for sheet music as much as sound capturing. Recorded music is commitment. \xa0Sameness and repetition can fool us into numbness. But follow down that road ALL THE WAY \u2013 listen AT LEAST THREE TIMES to a song, and then 10 and 100 and 1000. And what you get is infinity. Nuance. The mantra of organized sound.\n\nOh and for those of you who say, \u201cWhat about live albums?\u201d The VAAAAAAST majority of those are basically the worst of both worlds. None of the real-time visceral experience, coupled with none of the artistic intimacy/nuance a recording artist strives for. So one last huge EHNNT to that.\n\nBut let\u2019s use that here to further prove my point. Go pick a song that has both a fully produced recording and a live version, listen to them AT LEAST three times each. \xa0Write down all the details that hit your ears, including the things that move you. Then step away from the speakers for a long while, and tell me: Which one stays with you the most?\n\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\n\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices