[BC] Re: Curious edits

[Rich Wood]

------ At 11:49 AM 2/23/2006, Jeff Allen wrote: -------

>Every classical station I have ever heard has dead air between songs.  Why
>do they need such huge gaps?  Do old folks need to clear the last song outta
>their head before the next one starts?  Would that be like some sort of
>audio whiplash if one song started too quickly after the last?  That would
>drive me insane being the engineer for a classical station.  Do they even
>have a silence sensor?

Then you'd best stick with them ol country stations. Take a quick 
look one day when PBS broadcasts a concert other than Yanni, Andre 
Rieu or the latest Pop Classic rage and look at the age of many of 
the players. Hardly old. The Rolling Stones - now that's old. 
Classical listeners tend to want to hear the last note of a work 
before an announcer tromps on it. Some even think that the quality of 
the performance space is an important part of the performance. Why 
else would anyone care about the acoustics of Carnegie Hall or 
Boston's Symphony Hall or the new hall in Los Angeles. The way a 
beautiful piece of music ends in a superb acoustic space is an 
important part of the experience.

You must suffer terribly when you listen to an organ in a Cathedral. 
It seems to take forever for it to get quiet. What a shame. they 
should have a guitar or something to cover up the silence even before 
it's silent. I know I'm taking a large leap in even assuming you'd 
ever  listen to such music, let alone appreciate it.

Maybe the next great Symphony Hall somewhere will design in a mosh 
pit to give you something to do while you're waiting for the next "song."

Rich

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