this little girl breaks furniture, this little girl breaks laws

[luciazephyr]

I pity any human being that does not have Ani DiFranco's Carnegie Hall live album. She does to a guitar what Ben Folds does to a piano (I've heard it indelicately described thus: "if anyone could figure out how to rape a piano, it'd be Ben Folds") and even when she is speaking normally, it sounds like singing. I have never heard someone speak with that kind of cadence. It's beautiful.

Speaking of live music, I got a question, since I'm in the middle of two or three fanmixes.

[Poll #1309756]

-Luce

Comments

[loves-bitch.livejournal.com]

I have twice used live versions of Ani's song's on Fanmix's. The only thing I ever did to one was cut a conversation from the end of Overlap because it took something from the flow of the mix.

[shoemoney2night.livejournal.com]

I've used live versions of songs in several mixes, I don't really see a big problem with it. All I tend to do is crop out any conversation/chatter from the beginning or end of the tracks, to keep the flow of the mix.

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

I've used live versions in fanmixes before. Sometimes the live version is far more appropriate for the mix. As long as its a good quality recording, there isn't anything wrong with it at all (in my opinion).