"Live" recordings fall between the two extremes, and if the band's up for it, may be the best of live and recorded.

　　There's an intimacy to recorded music, it's just you and the sound. Live is, depending on the venue, far less direct and the goings on around you can be distracting. Then again, when the vibe is just right, the music is that much better because of the atmosphere.

　　I'm not sure why, but when I've recorded live music I've noted that when playing it back the music almost never matches the feel of the live experience. Recordings and live music are two different things.

　　But for day-to-day I love listening to my collection; right now I'm on a major Neil Young kick. I've seen Neil in concert twice and was underwhelmed by both shows.

　　And finally, recorded music allows us to hear music from artists who are no longer with us, but their music lives on.

　　How about you? Live or recorded, which one rocks your world more?

　　Recorded vs. Live Performance

　　Two distinguished thespians opine on the differences between taped and live performances.

　　In a TV interview, the distinguished movie actor, Gene Hackman, stated that when acting in films, he often found himself withdrawing, being more introspective, and minimizing his physical gestures, things he had seen many other stage actors do when making the transition from working in the theatre, where one has to be concerned about "hitting the back wall*," to acting in motion pictures, where many of those same gestures would probably appear unnatural or seriously exaggerated when viewed through the intimacy of a camera’s lens.

　　In a similar statement, the great thespian, Sir Lawrence Olivier, once opined that acting on the stage is about acting, whereas acting in films is simply about "being" (in front of cameras). Others have posited that there are even further adjustments needed when acting for the small screen (TV) as compared with the large screen (theatrical motion pictures) since every sound and gesture appears even more exaggerated. (Theatrical motion pictures are technically adjusted for TV transmissions, according to an industry source, but this writer is clueless as to how this might affect any of these issues.)

　　From the musician’s perspective, with the advent of the Digital Age, we have again reached a point, as in earlier times in our developmental history, where live and recorded performances can often require different technical disciplines to accomplish the same musical results or effects. This is due to the increased sensitivity of today's recording devices, how (technically) the music** is recorded, and the various ways the final recorded product is disseminated. Musical and technical issues like dynamics, musical nuances, and general balances are often approached in a way not dissimilar to the experiences and observations of the two actors mentioned above. For musicians, this is exactly the opposite of the way things were a half-century ago when the rule-of-thumb was to exaggerate/overdo many of those same elements to get the desired recorded effects, for quite different reasons: a lack of sensitivity of recording devices and/or the record fabrication/reproduction process. Consequently, because of these differences, what might work well today in the concert hall may not be as successful on tape, and vice-versa, just as it was a half century ago, but quite obviously for different reasons. This could possibly explain why some performers are, and were, more convincing in one or the other of these venues. It is also one (of many) of the reasons some modern day recording artists prefer to "sync" their performances to their own recordings rather than performing "live.

　　第三篇：olmec civilization

　　讲解了奥尔梅克文明的建筑与艺术。农商业的发展给艺术发展创造了合适的土壤。文章用大篇幅介绍了olmec civilization艺术的细节与特点。最后，olmec艺术的影响深远，包括maya在内文明的拉美文化深受其影响。

　　解析：

　　the first elaborate pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica, and one that is thought to have set many of the fundamental patterns evinced by later Indian cultures of Mexico and Central America.

　　The Olmec people lived in hot, humid lowlands along the Gulf Coast in what is now southern Veracruz and Tabasco states in southern Mexico. The first evidence of their remarkable art style appears at about 1200 BC in their oldest known building site, San Lorenzo. This site is remarkable for its many stone monuments, prominent among which are colossal carved heads that have characteristic flat faces and helmetlike headgear. In the late 20th century, a stone slab engraved with symbols that appear to have been the Olmec writing system was discovered in the village of Cascajal, near San Lorenzo. The Cascajal stone dates to approximately 900 BC and may be the oldest example of writing from the Americas. A later Olmec ceremonial centre, La Venta, is marked by great mounds, a narrow plaza, and several other ceremonial enclosures. In the 21st century, inscribed carvings suggestive of later Mayan glyphs also were found at La Venta.

　　large buried mosaic “pavements” created from serpentine blocks

　　Front and side views of Colossal Head 1 now located at Museo de Antropología de Xalapa in Xalapa, Veracruz. This head dates from 1200 to 900 BCE and is 2.9 meters high and 2.1 meters wide.

　　The Olmecs developed a wide trading network, and between 1100 and 800 BC their cultural influence spread northwestward to the Valley of Mexico and southeastward to parts of Central America. It is clear that later Mesoamerican native religions and iconography, from all parts of the area, can be traced back to Olmec beginnings. Besides monumental architecture and sculpture, Olmec art is expressed in small jade carvings, pottery, and other media. Its dominant motif is the stylized figure of a god that is a hybrid between a jaguar and a human infant. From the Olmecs' constructions and monuments, as well as from the sophistication and power of their art, it is evident that their society was complex and nonegalitarian.

　　Olmec stylistic influence disappeared after about 400 BC. Not all of the Olmec sites were abandoned, but Olmec culture gradually changed, and the region ceased to be the cultural leader of Mesoamerica. See also Mesoamerican civilization.(来源：新东方)