Live music

Live music is music performed in real time for an audience present at the performance or reached through a live broadcast. Its sound unfolds as an event rather than solely as a fixed recording.

Concert: A public performance of music, typically presented by one or more performers for an audience. Concerts are a common format for presenting live music to an assembled audience.
Music festival: An event featuring multiple musical performances, often across several stages or days. Festivals gather many live acts into a shared, large-scale event.
Studio album: A music album assembled from recordings made primarily in a recording studio. Studio albums offer controlled, repeatable takes rather than the conditions of a single event.
Concert residency: A series of performances by an artist at the same venue over a defined period. Residencies turn repeated live appearances into a sustained venue-based engagement.
Music audience: People who attend, listen to, or otherwise engage with musical performances and recordings. An audience’s attention and response help define the social character of a live event.
Sound reinforcement system: Equipment that captures, processes, and amplifies sound for an audience. It carries performers’ sound across venues where unaided acoustic projection is insufficient.
Busking: The performance of music in public spaces, usually for voluntary payment. Busking brings live performance into streets and other everyday public settings.
Playback: The reproduction of previously recorded sound during a performance or presentation. Playback can imitate live presentation without creating all the music in real time.
Touring (music): The practice of traveling between locations to perform music for audiences. Touring connects live performances across cities and supports artists’ public presence.
Collective effervescence: A heightened sense of shared energy that can arise when people gather and act together. Crowds at live performances can experience synchronized emotion and group belonging.

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