A reminder that commercial recordings are not everything

[David Ayers]

Couple of articles in Gramophone

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/the-gramophone-blog/why-cant-we-trust-our-kids-with-musicand-more

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/gramophone-guest-blog/how-the-internet-has-ushered-in-a-new-era-for-classical-music

[JSngry]

I've long known this about jazz (and known but generally haven't cared too much about rock/pop/etc.), but yes, "classical" music too, and to a degree I'm finding pleasantly surprising. All those Music & Arts live sets and other airshots...I read a thing where one guy described it as "the theater of performance" or something like that, which is a little critic-ish, but still true once you get past that. That Horenstein BBC Mahler 9th...I don't know that you get a commercially-produced record/performance like that, ever. And I don't know that you ever hear the piece the same after you hear it like that. That shit is dirty, in the good/best way. Ragged but right, as they say.

As far as real time performers, I think the only real sustainable model of building interest is letting everybody in on the ongoing saga, that's where "everybody" seems to be at these days, if it's over a week or two old, it's over. what have you done LATELY?

I exaggerate, but only in service of the point.