Sound made in the moment, among performers, audience and venue.
Ways in
Acoustic analysis, ethnography, audience surveys, phenomenology.
The longer story
Live music creates shared experiences where sound, bodies, and social gathering intertwine. Concerts, clubs, festivals—each has different conventions and functions. Acoustic analysis examines sound; ethnography studies scenes and communities; phenomenology attends to audience experience; historical research traces how live music has been organised. Recording changed everything, but live performance persists. What does being there provide that recordings don't?