Not sure I quite understand the question fully, but I always enjoyed listening to music outside, in an amphitheater or such. Maybe my blood runs for festivals seeing how I grew up with the Kansas City Jazz and Blues Festival, and the campfire songs.
Absolutely worst sound I ever experienced was Ratt and Bon Jovi. It was 1995, in Raleigh, NC, in a basketball arena. I could hear the drums, the amplified drums and the bounce-back from the back of the hall. I could hear the bass’s amplification and bouncing back from the back of the hall. I was about 40 feet from the stage, and I could hear the guitars and singer. By that, I could hear the acoustic sounds of the singer and 2 Jackson guitars unamplified. I’m one of a million faces you’ve seen, Jon Bon Jovi, and by no fault of your own, you failed to rock mine. But there’s issues beyond sports arenas being built to house lots of people and not do good sound. I’ve been to other auditorium shows that had perfectly reasonable.
I’ve been to a few open-air festival things, and listening to music under the sunshine is a great thing. Listening to Mary-Chapin Carpenter at Newport Folk with Beausoleil refusing to step up onto the stage because they feared the rain on the stage would zap them and having your leather jacket soak through? Not so much.
There are three venues built for music in town. There’s Elliot Hall of Music, named after a former university president, notable for two things 1) he was not well liked by staff and faculty, and 2) he had a strong dislike of music. It’s a great place, but it’s a big place. Bigger, I believe, than Radio City, and if you’re not big, you’re not gonna fill it. There’s the Long Center, which is a fine old place, but remember there was a time when Americans were not universally known to be overweight, and the seats were built in those times. That’s about the right size, I think. Big enough to hold a play, old enough to be used before PA systems, so that you can fill it without sound without a wall of blasting amps.
But First Ave, the club that they filmed the concert stuff for Purple Rain, used to be the Minneapolis bus terminal. Seventh Street Entry, where the Replacements and Husker Du got their start, and the venue for the hands-down weirdest show I ever saw, was the cloak room for the same terminal. Ultimately, if the music is good, the venue is more acceptable, and if the music is horrible, well, the seats better be darn comfortable. Sans Direction´s last blog ..Offerings of Sound
Any place that is filled with adoring patrons, and fans, of the music and players; adoring as in ‘full of well wishes for the welfare and continued good health’ for the band, type patrons.
The best experiences I’ve had were in buildings that were designed with acoustics in mind or outdoors where I can usually roam around and find a sweet spot. Sans summed up the comfort issues quite well.
Clubs and arenas are usually lacking in one or the other or both.
Most talk of how music evolves in the future center around how the revenue is/will be tied to live performance. At this point, the huge acts selling spectacle are doing well and developing acts and ones at the lower end of the food chain are getting killed.
My wish is that somehow, there will be an increase in venues that are suitable for a good listening experience that could cater to long tail fans and acts.
so — more Hotels on top of a first rate, ground level Musical Auditorium, like Roosevelt Auditorium , with a sliding roof for outdoor ambience … and able to be partitioned for smaller acts…. hmmmm
I don’t think even the Easter Isle, or, Puma PUnku builders thought of that one. Let me get back to you on that design parameters.
Not sure I quite understand the question fully, but I always enjoyed listening to music outside, in an amphitheater or such. Maybe my blood runs for festivals seeing how I grew up with the Kansas City Jazz and Blues Festival, and the campfire songs.
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Absolutely worst sound I ever experienced was Ratt and Bon Jovi. It was 1995, in Raleigh, NC, in a basketball arena. I could hear the drums, the amplified drums and the bounce-back from the back of the hall. I could hear the bass’s amplification and bouncing back from the back of the hall. I was about 40 feet from the stage, and I could hear the guitars and singer. By that, I could hear the acoustic sounds of the singer and 2 Jackson guitars unamplified. I’m one of a million faces you’ve seen, Jon Bon Jovi, and by no fault of your own, you failed to rock mine. But there’s issues beyond sports arenas being built to house lots of people and not do good sound. I’ve been to other auditorium shows that had perfectly reasonable.
I’ve been to a few open-air festival things, and listening to music under the sunshine is a great thing. Listening to Mary-Chapin Carpenter at Newport Folk with Beausoleil refusing to step up onto the stage because they feared the rain on the stage would zap them and having your leather jacket soak through? Not so much.
There are three venues built for music in town. There’s Elliot Hall of Music, named after a former university president, notable for two things 1) he was not well liked by staff and faculty, and 2) he had a strong dislike of music. It’s a great place, but it’s a big place. Bigger, I believe, than Radio City, and if you’re not big, you’re not gonna fill it. There’s the Long Center, which is a fine old place, but remember there was a time when Americans were not universally known to be overweight, and the seats were built in those times. That’s about the right size, I think. Big enough to hold a play, old enough to be used before PA systems, so that you can fill it without sound without a wall of blasting amps.
But First Ave, the club that they filmed the concert stuff for Purple Rain, used to be the Minneapolis bus terminal. Seventh Street Entry, where the Replacements and Husker Du got their start, and the venue for the hands-down weirdest show I ever saw, was the cloak room for the same terminal. Ultimately, if the music is good, the venue is more acceptable, and if the music is horrible, well, the seats better be darn comfortable.
Sans Direction´s last blog ..Offerings of Sound
Going with the short answer this morning:
Any place that is filled with adoring patrons, and fans, of the music and players; adoring as in ‘full of well wishes for the welfare and continued good health’ for the band, type patrons.
A park picnic table could suffice.
Pat Darnell and Friends´s last blog ..Coming to MooPig 11.24.2009 NEIDLESS MAERKUPS’ ‘09 Holiday Catalogue
I agree with PD&F. When and wherever everyone’s into it is the best!
Stratoblogster´s last blog ..McStrat With Cheese – Best Of Friday Strat
as a consumer:
#1-Sound
#2-Comfort
The best experiences I’ve had were in buildings that were designed with acoustics in mind or outdoors where I can usually roam around and find a sweet spot. Sans summed up the comfort issues quite well.
Clubs and arenas are usually lacking in one or the other or both.
Most talk of how music evolves in the future center around how the revenue is/will be tied to live performance. At this point, the huge acts selling spectacle are doing well and developing acts and ones at the lower end of the food chain are getting killed.
My wish is that somehow, there will be an increase in venues that are suitable for a good listening experience that could cater to long tail fans and acts.
Sound
plus
Comfort
so — more Hotels on top of a first rate, ground level Musical Auditorium, like Roosevelt Auditorium , with a sliding roof for outdoor ambience … and able to be partitioned for smaller acts…. hmmmm
I don’t think even the Easter Isle, or, Puma PUnku builders thought of that one. Let me get back to you on that design parameters.