Shadorne, Steely Dan is a perfect example of a band trying as hard as possible to play and record straight " on the beat". Jazz ( real jazz anyway) and blues players play a little off or behind the beat which creates a swing or a sense of soul in the music. Some of the current New Orleans folks play "in the cracks" between straight and swing. Playing live lets musicians stray a little bit without some idiot in the control room " correcting" the variances. Also, it may be less likely they will pitch correct the vocals which lets you hear all the nooks and crannies of a real human voice in a real world setting. JMHO - Jim
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Many studio recordings are over polished. All the humanity has been scrubbed off them. Some of them never had any life, they were recorded in different studios at different times by studio musicians who have never met just doing a job. Some are computer generated. I have to go on a case by case basis for both live and studio recordings. |
Here is what I mean. This poor quality audio youtube clip is just awesome (to my mind) Dave Garfield I enjoy this kind of jammin' much more than the same slick song on the studio album. So call me crazy but I really like the "live" sound. |
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