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Classical (lightly amplified): 1-2/yearCeltic or Bluegrass: 1/year if it is a good year
Gospel/Religious: 10/year (Church)
Choral: 2/year
Rock/Pop Concert: 1-2 every couple of years (At $200/pop it can't be that often!)
Blues: 3-4/year (In small venue like a restaurant)
Jazz: 5-10/year (Rochester Jazz Fest)
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Traditional high-church Anglican, hymns, anthems and plain chant for psalms. Evensong once a month. For Easter, Xmas and Carol services, brass and timpani are added and our neighbour RC Cathedral's choir.I used to sing in the Anglican choir, and likely will again.
Live acoustic classical - small ensemble to small chamber orchestra up to 6 per year. Some of which I would be recording.
Orchestral concerts 6 per year. Some of which I would be recording.
Canberra is the nation's capital, so there are festivals every year or so, and I go to as much of that as possible. not counted here in the yearly average.
I don't attend amplified / Eq'd / flanged / phased / futzed with rock or folk events - if I can avoid them ?* - because I value my hearing too much. Live Jazz is also often way too loud.
?* I have a few friends who play in these fields - and when we get invites we can't duck - I go with my ear-plugs in, and still feel attacked.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
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at least 4 x a week.
My teen is in her high school orchestra, will go to Orch competition in NY next week. That orchestra performs 4-5x a year.
She is a member of a local orchestra and they are rehearsing as I type at 8 pm Sunday night. Their rehearsal is from 6.30 to 9.15 or 9.30 weekly.
So I am involved and hear this all the time.
We are in church weekly, plus some music on Wed eve. Mostly contemporary music but hymns and piano are also used.
I really think it's imperative to do this and constantly reset one's ears and heart, at least with the classical genre.
As a piano accompanist, I'm participating in live music at least half the days of the year, with some days @ 5-6 hours - a lot of these sessions are just rehearsals, but I think that still counts as live. Of course, I'm not out in the audience listening either - it's all up close and personal! ;-)
over 20 live classical concerts.
I cant' deal with amplified PA sound any more.
bluegrass fests in the summer...my SiL playing and singing out around the BBQ and a few house concerts that we arrange for musicians who are traveling to and from SF and Oregon who appreciate an overnight stop, an informal gig, some great food and a bit of gas money. Usually less than 25 folks participate so they are very informal and intimate affairs. And nearly all comers will buy CDs from the players...
We live far from the musical haunts and find it more pleasant to bring the music to us.
Tapered it back from 5 nights every 2 weeks for some 25 years down to 3 or 4 nights every two weeks. We like jazz, rock (rowdy nights) and piano players (good Italian or french). Sorry classical and no amplification HP guys, but most of the stuff I listen to live is amplified. I guess that means that I am not an audiophile. If so, good.
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Best guess at annual averages -
Classical: 10 to 20 ranging from solo instrument to symphony orchestra
Jazz: 6 +/-
Folk, Celtic, bluegrass: 3-4
Classic rock: 0-2
Broadway shows: 0-2
These totals are not completely by choice of preference. I refuse to attend any concert in large halls (4,000+), or stadiums. I focus on smaller venues where there is less likelihood for all amplified sound. That becomes more difficult as time goes by.
"You can't know what the "best" is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn't any such thing." HP
We live near the Eastman School, and the final exams/performances are free and open to the public. I have been telling myself I should go sometime. But never manage to find the time somehow....
:-( It's a bit like being thirsty living near a lake.
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"We live near the Eastman School, and the final exams/performances are free and open to the public. I have been telling myself I should go sometime. But never manage to find the time somehow..."
That is just stupid.
:(
I live next to a university which has a music school which offers free recitals. However they tend to be modern, atonal compositions/performances which I don't care for so I skip those.
However we do have a number of chamber groups who perform at churches, libraries, schools, etc. and many of those are free or with a reasonable donation.
"You can't know what the "best" is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn't any such thing." HP
...I see live music every couple of months but more in the summer at outdoor venues like the Greek Theater in Berkeley.
There's always the Fillmore in SF or Fox Theater in Oakland.
Music is mostly classic rock but this year I'm going to Jazzfest in New Orleans and Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park.
Last few years I've seen 2 or 3 shows a month. There's only been a couple of big venues, say more than 5,000 seats. Most in venues smaller than 600 or so. We can see people like Steve Earle, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Cray, Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, Jorma, Dave Alvin, Tedeshci Trucks Band for under $100 (sometimes way under) for good seats. I really have to laugh when I see the prices for bad seats to shows like Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Jackson Brown - people long past their primes who I'd love to see but there's NO WAY I'm spending that kind of money for bad seats and water cooler credibility.Edit - I see maybe 7 or 8 shows a year - most of them are musicals.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
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So I have no interest in live music at all.
Thee ONE exception would be a chamber music recital in a small venue.. And that would have to be free.
I have zero interest in crowds, or wasting endless time going, parking hassles, crowds (I despise crowed of morons) and having to be nice to crowds of morons..
I much prefer sitting naked in my broken down listening chair not having to please anyone, listening to the exact thing I chose.
Nuit, if you don't want to hear live music, fine. But music should NOT be free. Our lives are better when we have great music, and it takes at least many years (often a lifetime) to become a good musician. We need more of them.
Support musicians.
Buy their recordings.
Go to their concerts and recitals.
If you have deep pockets, support your favorite orchestra, music school, singer, or musician.
We need this and it just doesn't come cheap.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Before I rant, let me say that I'm a musician.
Ok, now I'll rant.
Major symphony orchestras continually whine about funding. "Give us your money, please."
Yet, they produce and send full color, professionally photographed and produced flyers on a regular basis, and host galas for their supporters.
Are they bi-polar, or what?
:)
Those beautiful fliers are money-makers. Orchestras are luxury items, and positioning themselves as "exclusive" attracts a certain (probably large) portion of the affluent. There is always something of a self-congratulatory aspect of arts audiences, and arts organizations do well to market themselves toward that. Also, the design and printing of those fliers is almost always done either below cost or free, with the ad agencies/printers/etc providing their services as contributions (with prominent credit in the programs/fliers.)
Galas are money-makers. Everything gets donated, or supplied at or below cost. Galas are particularly good for revenue because they provide an occasion for donors to be seen by their peers as patrons. The Old Money do it as a duty; the Arrivistes do it to be seen as having arrived. ("Nouveau riche is better than no riche at all.") Again, businesses that provide goods and services for galas get prominent credit, which is part of their marketing/advertising effort.
Orchestras and other performing arts organizations typically cover about 20-30% of their costs from ticket sales. The rest comes from donations, and there are lots of creative ways to encourage the wealthy and not-so-wealthy to open their wallets.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Maybe.
But they don't make any money from me. Of the 20 or so that I've gotten in the mail this past year, 20 or so have been thrown in the trash.
Not that they're not excellent musicians. I'm a musician, so I get that.
:)
Typically at the City Winery here in Chicago. Also see 1 or 2 big shows each year at a larger venue, recently the Mavis Staples tribute at the Chicago Theatre. Looking forward to seeing Mark Knopfler later this year, and whatever incarnation Norah Jones is into when she tours next. Typically spend the bucks on premier tickets at the larger venues to get up close to actually see the performance.
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Until a couple of months ago, every week at wind symphony rehearsal, four times a year as a performer.
As a spectator, ~10 times a year, split between jazz, classical, percussion ensemble and marching band. As a recording engineer, 4-5 times a year.
Why do you ask? ;)
:)
never anymore. 0%
per year, roughly:
opera - 5-15 (varies depending on what the Met is doing)
symphony - about 10
chamber 4-6
soloist recital, mostly singers and pianists 6-8
jazz 6-ish
dance 3-6
singer/songwriter or rock band @ clubs 10-12
That all adds up to about an event per week, and looking back through my calendar, I had 54 events in the year, so it's about right.
Am headed to hear Samson at a big old church this afternoon. One of the hotshot countertenors, Jeffrey Mandelbaum, is singing Micah, and I'm looking forward to it.
Even with two days assisting in a studio (always live) it's never enough.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
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