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imamember
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Joined: 8/18/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 121 |
 Posted: 1/19/09 at 7:43pm |
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I think live is a lot more entertaining for the audience but I guess personally I wouldn't care. I know for Fame I would have enjoyed recorded since the musicians came on really late in the game and didn't quite learn everything so cues were missed and such
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VPA1
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Joined: 10/20/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 54 |
Posted: 1/28/09 at 10:58pm |
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Easy answer: live music is better... more folks involved in your show, bigger tix sales, more sparkle, more professionalism, better, just plain better. ON THE OTHER HAND, it is always HARDER and more FRUSTRATING as well for everyone.. the cast and crew... and vamping is no real argument either way.
Final analysis, if you are an experienced director, go with live music. If you are a newbie to musicals, go with recorded. If you are short on hair, go with recorded music, if you have plenty to lose, go with live. |
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David McCall
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Posted: 1/29/09 at 12:28am |
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I used to think live was clearly better until I saw Cabaret at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. When the show started off I thought the club band was the orchestra, but then it started getting too fancy for it to be 5-6 pieces. All in all it sounded very good. I wasn't dead sure that they didn't have an orchestra tucked away until I asked after the show. You do need a high quality system to pull it off.
It has become very popular to hide the orchestra backstage or tucked away somewhere. The audience often doesn't see the orchestra or even hear the direct sound from the orchestra. Once you do that, I'm not sure it's such a big deal if you go to a prerecorded score. The group I work with puts a 12 piece orchestra Backstage. At least you get a volume control that way.
David
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tristanrobin
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Joined: 4/25/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 704 |
Posted: 1/31/09 at 7:13pm |
True. There are several Broadway theatres in which the orchestra is in another BUILDING - and the whole thing is cued by television screens and ear piece prompts. I prefer live music by far, but in those instances, I would just as soon the music be canned - and let me pay $75 for a ticket instead of $130! |
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Helena
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Joined: 1/23/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 7/20/10 at 11:16am |
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We always have LIVE music for the performances.
This year we did use recorded music for rehearsals (up to a certain point). This was a RehearalScore from MTI.... very useful in that the cast could load the program on their computers and have the score at home to practice with. I could also slow the tempos and review certain parts easily while the actors were still learning.
But for performances - live music is best.
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