live music

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Live music is a performance happening in real time before an audience, as opposed to recorded music.

The term emphasizes the presence of actual musicians playing: The restaurant features live music on weekends.

Live music carries connotations of spontaneity, atmosphere, and shared experience that recordings cannot replicate.

Related

amphitheater · front row · encore · house band · energy · street performance · stage lighting · improvisation · jazz · concert hall · beat · crowd · standing ovation · folk · community gathering · busker · coffeehouse · open mic night

Categories
Opposites
recording vs presence

live musiccanned music

Prerecorded background audio

studio recording · playback · album track · MP3 · CD

authenticity/mediation

live musiclip-syncing

Matching mouth to audio

backing track · MIDI · electronic music · samples · backing tracks

presence vs absence of music

live musicsilence

Total lack of sound

ambient noise · spoken word

Family

live, music

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G