[Dixielandjazz] Recorded vs Live Music

[David Richoux]

I read somewhere yesterday that the Marine Band did NOT use pre- 
recorded material. They "toughed it out" like all the other wind bands  
in the ceremony & parade. It was not too cold for their instruments  
this time... also Aretha Franklin "Did it Live!"

I watched the recap of the parade on CSPAN's website - all of the  
bands sounded pretty good to me, and I was impressed with the audio  
quality. (The Rose Parade coverage this year was horrible by  
comparison.)

The next day at the Interfaith Prayer Service, Wintley Phipps did a  
great version of "Amazing Grace" - I just looked for it on YouTube and  
found this interesting version Phipps did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMF_24cQqT0  with a very interesting  
historical introduction.
http://www.youtube.com/v/mFQzVaHmgm8  is from the Interfaith Prayer  
Service.  Very powerful!

Dave Richoux
On Jan 24, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Robert Ringwald wrote:

> Ken Mathieson wrote in part:
>
> > I only caught up with the Obama inauguration on UK TV news later  
> on, so I didn't hear any of the musical selections, but I can  
> understand why the classical musicians elected to play to a pre- 
> recording. What happened to the performance of the other bands?
>
> I was listening very closely.  The rest of the bands sounded great,  
> at least the Marine band.  I suspect they also were playing to  
> recorded music.  I think the wind chill was something such as 10  
> Deg. F.
>
> I didn't watch the parade which had a lot of bands.  Did anyone else  
> notice the parade bands and how they sounded?
>
> I just can't imagine playing under those conditions.
>
> --Bob