Getting in Our Heads: A Collaborative Approach to Recording the Performer's Perspective

Mannoni Performing Arts Center

The performer, who relies on her highly trained ears and a sophisticated set of values that she has cultivated over years of experience, produces the exact sounds that she wants to hear on her instrument; however, she is the only one who really hears them.

The audience member, on the other hand, is more of a passive participant, receiving sound instead of making it, and it reaches him after it travels many feet in a large space that is usually filled with all sorts of obstacles, from chairs to walls to other people.

So, what if you could hear what the performer hears? And what if you could see what the performer sees? And is it any different? Get into the performer’s head, and you will know.