Studio Vs. Live

[HoT-MetaL]

My life turned around when I went to Soul Survivor 2002. For those of you who haven't heard about Soul Survivor, it is a Christian Camp (Kind Of) where about 10,000 Christians from around the world join together in the UK. During my time there we had an awesome session of worship... 10 000 of us just going mad for Jesus in the same tent! There God showed me a vision which turned my life around in a major way, and since then i've been going for god!!

Anyways, since then I have only ever bought Live worship CD's, because of my awesome experience of being amidst those thousands of people.

I wanted to know what your opinions are. Do you prefer Live worship to Studio worship? Do you think that Live worship should be the only worship CD's sold, because Studio worship is there to sell an album? Is there no difference, its the music?

Just a thought... thanks, metal.

 

[Religious Crisis]

That depends, it is nice to hear them in concert but I have no real preference. I am usualy looking for some songs and am willing to buy them on whatever kind of CD they are on.

 

[katylees]

i like all this kind of music, i went to soul survivor 2003! was really good in that tent....i do agree! and for the music.... i buy both...i like it all the same

 

[TheRickster]

I love intimate worship... live.. or studio... a great worship team will be able to capture that Spirit of Worship either way... but most of my favs are live... like "Skillet's" ardent worship cd.. Oh man... what an experience in worship!!!

 

[WorshipinWeirdo]

95% of the time Live worship is so much better than studio because Live, they just go for it one time and worship, studio they have to to do over and over again til everything is just right

 

[justdoit_4GOD]

i like live, it not only gives me the song that recorded, as well as the enviroment, the feeling, the voice of the worship leader when leading the congregation that recorded in the cds...(e.g.: "c'mon! let's shout it loud!", "you sing!".... sounds familiar rite? haha....)
anyhow, as long as the CDs are focusing on God, glofy, pleasing God then it is a best album....

 

[shout2thelord]

yep i definately prefer live just to have something of the environment just people lifting God up in worship - live worship is amazing

After the hillsong conference would definately prefer live worship -ok ill stop repeating myself now.

 

[Echolab]

Live kicks butt - feel the spirit move in live worship - yeah!

 

[Lbiagm]

live is better but i buy both cd's because they are all for God.

 

[tigerboy]

i prefer worship in our church more than any place else. cd's are good resources for new songs and to help us in our personal worship times, but no CD can replace being with your church family, worshipping the Lord together.

 

[Lbiagm]

good point tigerboy.

 

[hey]

I like live more because it brings some the atmosphere with it

 

[Girl_of_God_88]

I prefer live worship cds because the atmosphere you can get from it is amazing and you can just feel the awesome power of God through a live worship cd...although some studio ones are good aswell but I feel you just dont get the same effect from a studio album as you do get with a live cd!

 

[Lbiagm]

true hey

 

[LivingWorship]

LIVE

Studio can be good, SonicFlood's debut, Jeff Deyo's Saturate and the Offerings series studio cuts are testament to this... but LIVE captures the presence of worship better IMHO... Offerings' live songs, Sonic Praise, Hillsong, and too many others to name are so much better live. Presence of God can be seen in both but the screams and crowd singing along makes the live experience more authentic.

 

[phnx]

As with most people i'd go for live worship the whole feel of it is so much better. It makes you feel like your worshiping wherever you are when you listen to it.

But then studio recordings can be just as good. Check out Jars of Clay's furthermore album it has 1 cd live and one studio based both have there good points.

 

[Reborn_in_Christ2003]

I also prefer live worship CD's.

 

[illbethere4u]

i like all this kind of music, i went to soul survivor 2003! was really good in that tent....i do agree! and for the music.... i buy both...i like it all the same

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THis is really random but ME TO !! the bright blue tent with orange strips ! lol! It was so cool when they had the gospel peeps singing with the main band!

 

[rachelg2004]

It depends because a lot of live music sounds terrible (ex - Switchfoot live - not good!) Some bands you can expect to sound great like FFH or Casting Crowns because they have great sound guys. I love live worship but if all the instruments are out of wack it's so hard for me to put all of my focus on God because it just sounds plain bad.