X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

I just came across this today while looking for John Cage records on
Amazon:

www.catm.co.uk

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.

Only seems to be available as a download, it would be more effective
as a CD or even better on vinyl (you would get the crackle etc).

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

Only seems to be available as a download


Yes, trouble is, in MP3 format, which for many lovers of upmarket hi-
fi is a compromise too far on sound quality.

Question is, if you fail to download it and instead download nothing,
does this compromise copyright law.

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

On 17/12/2010 20:38, allantracy wrote:
Only seems to be available as a download


Yes, trouble is, in MP3 format, which for many lovers of upmarket hi-
fi is a compromise too far on sound quality.

Question is, if you fail to download it and instead download nothing,
does this compromise copyright law.

So it's not available in uncompressed 16 or 24 bit format?
Then I won't be buying it.

--
Eiron.

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

In article , Eiron
wrote:
On 17/12/2010 20:38, allantracy wrote:
Only seems to be available as a download


Yes, trouble is, in MP3 format, which for many lovers of upmarket hi-
fi is a compromise too far on sound quality.

Question is, if you fail to download it and instead download nothing,
does this compromise copyright law.

So it's not available in uncompressed 16 or 24 bit format? Then I won't
be buying it.

Weird as it sounds pun your point is a good one. :-)

I wonder how effeciently FLAC would compress it... ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

On 17/12/2010 20:38, allantracy wrote:

Only seems to be available as a download


Yes, trouble is, in MP3 format, which for many lovers of upmarket hi-
fi is a compromise too far on sound quality.

Question is, if you fail to download it and instead download nothing,
does this compromise copyright law.



http://classicalconvert.com/2007/07/...-on-cages-433/

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

On 2010\12\17 18:51, wrote:
I just came across this today while looking for John Cage records on
Amazon:

www.catm.co.uk

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.

Only seems to be available as a download, it would be more effective
as a CD or even better on vinyl (you would get the crackle etc).

You could always buy this on vinyl...
http://www.discogs.com/No-Artist-The...elease/1421098

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

In article
,
wrote:
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.

--
*For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

On 18/12/2010 10:46, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
,
wrote:
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.

It will probably be normalized to 0dB when played on the radio. :-)

--
Eiron.

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

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message
...
I just came across this today while looking for John Cage records on
Amazon:

www.catm.co.uk

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.

Only seems to be available as a download, it would be more effective
as a CD or even better on vinyl (you would get the crackle etc).



Just don't buy it on magnetic tape or the silence will 'print through' from
the next layer of tape down if it is stored long enough!

X-Factor: Muso's in silent protest!
 

In article , Eiron
wrote:
On 18/12/2010 10:46, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article
,
wrote:
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.

It will probably be normalized to 0dB when played on the radio. :-)

I suspect you are correct. Indeed, if it is released on CD as well as
download...

Slainte,

Jim

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Please use the address on the audiomisc page if you wish to email me.
Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html
Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html