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I_play_trombone_AMA t1_j2rpdes wrote

Reply to comment by SocialMediaMakesUSad in In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. by Profanion

Check my other comments for more on this, but the biggest factor is not how long a concert is, but how much continuous playing is expected of people within the concert. Live music is designed with rests built into the parts to get a few seconds off here and there. Film scores are often written with more continuous playing because in the studio you wouldn’t play the whole thing start to finish. You’d do a few minutes, stop, listen, do a few more, etc.

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I_play_trombone_AMA t1_j2rp4wp wrote

Reply to comment by CamelSpotting in In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. by Profanion

Add to that fact that most movie concerts like this are contractually limited to 3 hours, or else the musicians need to be paid overtime. LOTR Fellowship of the Ring is 2 hours 58 minutes. Add in an intermission, and all of a sudden you’re over the 3 hour time limit and paying a lot extra for overtime.

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Marlowe12 t1_j2r8u28 wrote

Reply to Ship from Elizabethan period found buried in quarry —— EARLIER IN 2022, CEMEX WORKERS DREDGING FOR AGGREGATES AT A QUARRY ON THE DUNGENESS HEADLAND, IN KENT, ENGLAND, FOUND THE REMAINS OF OLD TIMBERS FROM A SHIP, AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE KENT COASTLINE. by ArtOak

Dungeness is one of the most surreal places I've ever been to. It's a beach village, with nothing but some old houses and a pub. The only way in is via steam train. There is an huge nuclear power plant. Derek Jarman, an old surreal filmmaker had his recluse shack there. Nothing about it would surprise me.

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