tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post115639859750777179..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: From Savane to symphonies: Music as communal experienceJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1156476399480502492006-08-24T22:26:00.000-05:002006-08-24T22:26:00.000-05:00Jim,Thanks for stopping by, first of all.I would h...Jim,<BR/>Thanks for stopping by, first of all.<BR/>I would have to agree that there's something comparable for an audience in the experiences of watching a film in a theater and attending a live performance of an orchestra or band. I don't have the science for this, either, but it would have to do with the audience's immersion in a sensory experience that isn't under its control.<BR/>Communal John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1156444899837774082006-08-24T13:41:00.000-05:002006-08-24T13:41:00.000-05:00Esa-Pekka Salonen is speaking to music; the same t...Esa-Pekka Salonen is speaking to music; the same thing struck me a week or so ago in relation to film, and the moviegoing experience vs. the solitary one provided for by technology.<BR/><BR/>Thirty years ago, Boston had dozens of single screen independent movie theaters, showing an eccentric variety of films old and new, arranged by single curators with specific tastes, attended by an audience. Jim Slighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10376560599362480193noreply@blogger.com