Studio vs. Live

One thing that I was thinking about today was difference between creating a great sounding song in a studio and being able to perform it live really well. Literally anyone can enjoy a good song produced in a studio. You can spend days perfecting small details until it's exactly what you want. In a live show, the band only has one shot to play it the best they can. They don't get to go back and fix anything. I started really considering this after I played drums at a gig-like thing with my guitar lesson teacher. I think that musicians generally can appreciate a quality live performance by any band. I have a lot of respect for a band that can put on a great live show. It shows that they actually know their music and actually work to be good. I think that this relates to modern music and older rock. I feel that it wasn't until 20 or 30 years ago that bands really focused on small details and sounds in their music. Since then, the studio work has been heavy and songs are often altered a lot. Before then, bands played more live shows and had to put on good ones. To me, songs seemed more simple. You had a guitar, bass, drums and vocals. You didn't have hundreds of little computer generated sounds playing in the background or serious alterations of the singer's voice. The bands had to be really talented. I don't think it takes quite as much talent to be successful today honestly. You can rely on the computers to do a lot of the work. That's why I really love seeing a great sounding live performance.