What is the difference between listening to recorded nusic and hearing it live?

Question:OF COURSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!!! seeing it live, you can FEEL the energy and the passions and the emotion of the song. hearing the recorded version, you get to hear the emotion and the passion, but you don't feel it. it doesn't resonate through your body. listening is just listening. being there is an experience and a memory.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: OF COURSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!!! seeing it live, you can FEEL the energy and the passions and the emotion of the song. hearing the recorded version, you get to hear the emotion and the passion, but you don't feel it. it doesn't resonate through your body. listening is just listening. being there is an experience and a memory.

well when its recorded its very in tune and perfect but when its live its not very computer operated so its not perfect!

recorded music can be crackly in sound, while live music will be clear and natural. also, hearing it live might give u a better experience.

When it's live, you can really hear every instrument and detail of the song, in natural form.
Whereas when it's recorded, voices are taped over and completely edited.
Even if you have a horrible voice, you can make a good cd, but if you did it live, it'd be hopeless.

Since this is in the theatre category, I'll answer from a theatrical perspective. Live music has a higher modality than canned music, meaning that it is more "real" to the spectator. They are aware of it's source and can more easily connect it to the the environment of the world created on stage. Canned music, however, is an accepted convention within some territories, (e.g. contemporary dance, neo-burlesque, karaoke (yes, people, this is still performance!), puppet theatre, et al) and doesn't necessarily detract from the environment.

Recorded music, especially with modern technology, can be multiple layers upon layers...far removed from anything which might actually be performed 'live'. Various recording techniques can also be employed to alter the original sound coming from instruments and/or vocals. Echo, reverberation, 'robotic' etc. come to mind. These are some of the reasons why 'live' performance are often so different (even disappointing) when compared to a studio work. Also, mistakes, variations, ad-libs are absent in a studio recording.
Live performance are a 'moment in time' of a performer or performers and offer a "truer" sense of what the performer or performers are actually capable of.
Of course...with so many pre-recorded. choreographed and lip-synching performances so vogue these days...you have to be careful and observant to be certain you're not being fooled by the act on stage.