Ah, what I meant when I said/say that, is live music is better than listening to a DJ or stereo.
Good musicians will actually be able to improvise and play with the melodies, do things different each time if they want, or play with dynamics etc...DJ's can mix different things into a song, but unless the 100's of DJ's I've heard around my neck of the woods aren't doing it...they aren't playing with the music as some of the music should be played with.
A comparison should be made, I guess, about the last sentence. Contrast Jazz and Classical music. One is highly improvisational, the other should be played the same way almost exactly every time. Off the cuff, versus regimented and strict.
And most live records aren't even live. I've known far too many of these so-called "live" records to have been spliced together in the studio, overdubbed and even some completely re-cut using only the audience from the original recording.
yup,yup that why live records suck they missed up the groove.
tho, skilled DJs, not button pushers, can totally flip that shit and make they own groove.