I am extremely happy to have world renown sound engineer, producer, musician and human being extraordinaire Howard Bilerman contributing to The Sound, It Resounds this week. Live albums play a particularly interesting, yet sometimes marginalized, role in an artists discography. Often quickly dated, hastily recorded, and reeking of major label cash-in, the live album can sometimes get a bad wrap. Howard gives a great account of why the Velvet Underground's classic 'Live at Max's Kansas City' matters more than most live albums and how it can point to making timeless art: live or in the studio.
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