Audio Banter - View Single Post - X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!

**Dave Plowman (News)**

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Some professional musicians are getting fed up with the amateurs on X-
Factor getting the Christmas No.1, so they've put out a recording of
John Cage's 4'33", this is a piece composed in 1952 which is for any
number of musicians to remain silent for 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

Of course you never get true silence with people in a room. They breathe
and move - even when seated or standing still.

Many years ago I was doing some location recording in a real courtroom on
a Sunday - when it wasn't in use. We actually had the use of two near
identical courts - one for the actual filming and the other used as a sort
of green room for the 50 or so extras.
I recorded a wild track of those extras - no chat. Just meant to be
listening to what was going on in the court. Although it was central
London, the room was pretty well insulated, so only very distant traffic
sounds.

I've lost count of how many times that wildtrack has been used for other
things.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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