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From: dya@unc-c.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Do you prefer live music?
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Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 18:12:32 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  5 18:12:32 1984
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    Absolutely. But we don't get any decent live music here in Charlotte,
N.C. ( Big venue this month: Van Halen. ) Every arena we have within
reasonable driving distance has the acoustical quality of an Archer
AM Flavoradio.

    Whilst at John Melancamp / Heart in Greensboro last year, I couldn't
help but notice that both RTA (real time spectrum analysers) were displaying
a frequency response of 120-13000 Hz. Needless to say, the concert
sucked because it sounded so bad.....

    But live music at a small hall is excellent. I also like recordings of
live music ( Mobile Fidelity " Waiting for Columbus " and Bob Seger "Live
Bullet" ) don't have the damn audience mixed up front, and some of the
stereo image is preserved. " Shadows and Light " by Joni Mitchell isn't
bad...

    But, alas, couldn't get tickets for Little Feat at Norfolk Scope,
have a job, couldn't line up 3 days in advance for Bob Seger (have a job),
and Joni hasn't toured N.C. since 1975.

    I have a problem: A friend in Charlottesville, VA and myself want to
hear some ** REAL ** live music. Could anyone reccommend a venue within,
say, 100 miles of a line starting at DC and ending at Atlanta ?

-- David " Last of the analog " ....

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