Confession Time - First Live Gig & First Record Bought

Well it's time for a bit of culture, so we're off to see the BBC National Orchestra of Wales tonight performing, amongst others, Mozart Don Giovanni overture, Schumann Cello Concerto, Mozart Symphony no.29 in A major, and Strauss R Don Juan.

It should be good. I much prefer hearing classical music live than through a hi-fi system, as the visual aspect of the performance, and the influence of the conductor on the orchestra, helps hold my interest more in the music.

Also, in a hi-fi sense, there's nothing to beat listening to acoustic instruments, un-amplified, being played live to use as a benchmark for how instruments actually sound when assessing your system! :)

Marco.

The Gaslight Anthem tonight at the Manchester Apollo

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Originally Posted by DanJennings

I'm so excited....
I've got two tickets for Iron Maiden baby!
a band I've never seen but have always been high on my list

http://www.thenia.co.uk/whatson/iron-maiden

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oh, just to clarify, I am not a 14 year old girl, I'm going to see Iron Maiden, not Wheatus

Well the classical concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales was fantastic - it's always entertaining (and shocking) to hear the sheer power and intensity of the sound of an orchestra in full flow, particularly when the wind instruments kick in :eek:, and how far away ANY hi-fi system is from being able to reproduce the dynamics required to create a genuinely accurate and realistic rendition of such.....

Oh well, back to the drawing board! :eyebrows:

Marco.

Yes the best we can hope for is the illusion of the live music

...sometimes it can work the other way round too

Went to see Low on Wednesday @ St Johns Church Coventry (think union chapel on a smaller scale), and had to leave half way through as the sound was so appalling, horrible bass resonance ruined everything, which is strange in a stone building...shame!

Holy Fuck in brum tonight, should be lively

Yes been to more gigs with bad sound than good but when its right well just another league

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Originally Posted by DanJennings

I'm so excited....
I've got two tickets for Iron Maiden baby!
a band I've never seen but have always been high on my list

http://www.thenia.co.uk/whatson/iron-maiden

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Saw Maiden before they had a record deal I was about 15 or 16 at the Bandwagon for 50p I think
Boy do I regret not getting the soundhouse tapes then

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Originally Posted by Marco

Well the classical concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales was fantastic - it's always entertaining (and shocking) to hear the sheer power and intensity of the sound of an orchestra in full flow, particularly when the wind instruments kick in :eek:, and how far away ANY hi-fi system is from being able to reproduce the dynamics required to create a genuinely accurate and realistic rendition of such.....

Oh well, back to the drawing board! :eyebrows:

Marco.

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How true! A momentary depressing feeling I always have when listening to live, unamplified, music - especially classical.

As you now have had a chance to hear, Decca cartridges go some way to conveying the life, presence and the attack heard at a live concert, whereas the likes of EMT and Ortofons present a different picture, no less convincing - just different. Oh! - in a perfect world we could have both.

Regards

Matt Schofield put on a most enjoyable +2hr show at the Bullingdon Arms in Oxford last night. I had previously heard the buzz about Matt on various different forums but had never got round to checking him out until last night. I have to say I was not dissapointed, he is a very gifted guitarist and well worth seeking out for those that like there blues:).