Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!unc-c!dya From: dya@unc-c.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Do you prefer live music? Message-ID: <1233@unc-c.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 18:12:32 EST Article-I.D.: unc-c.1233 Posted: Sun Feb 5 18:12:32 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 03:49:33 EST Lines: 31 References: CS-Mordr.115 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 " .... ( akgua!mcnc!(urp,unc-c)!dya )