Forgive me Father.. aka confession of audio heretic..

[GregWormald]

The OP is spouting nonsense! There's nothing better than sitting in wet clothes, next to a sneezer and cougher, listening to the audience chat and move and rustle, and then paying an enormous amount for a drink and queueing for the rest room, while all time you could only get a seat at the back and off to one side. Live music is the best!

 

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[GregWormald]

8 hours ago, botrytis said:

Also, is the fact that seeing an orchestra, an Opera, even a rock band is more visceral when seeing something live.

 

Agreed.

 

While I was over-emphasising the down sides of live music, I don't want to discard the whole live music experience—and it is an experience different to listening to music from my own chair.

 

Some live music experiences changed my life. Like being on stage with Iron Butterfly for a rendition of In A Gadda Da Vida, or sitting in a small bar not 10 feet away from the Milt Jackson Quintet for an entire evening, or rubbing shoulders with Minnie Riperton of Rotary Connection, or ...