RE: Hi-Fi Bugs

[Todd Quincy <tquincy@davitt-hanser.com>]

yes we do the same, we are the background of the scences we play. which
is fine at times. But i can't help but think while i'm playing and
listening to 2 best friends laugh over beers that if i could just slap a
couple sets of headphones on their ears with the grooves and loops we're
laying down they would shit their pants. 

live performances are tough enough, but when your performance demands an
attentive & open minded audience it gets even harder.

i guess this is why light shows were combined with music.

by the way does anyone use lights with their live act. perhaps midi
sync'd to the drum machine or a live sence-a-beat system.

sorry to ramble but i have a dream that one day folks like us will be
able to set a jam live with each other on the internet and invite
willing listeners. i wouldn't be surprised if this type of system
already exists - and i just can't afford it.

tq
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MARK FRANO [SMTP:mfrano@plainfield.bypass.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 1999 11:10 AM
> To:   Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> Subject:      Hi-Fi Bugs
> 
> Out of lurk closet I step. Please accept my greetings and gratitude
> for this wonderful place where 'birds of a feather flock together' to
> exchange their experiences in the loop dimention. It was not until I
> discovered the element of 'sonic chance' that is so much at the core
> of looping, that the power of music became apparent to me. Nothing
> that I can preconceive in my head can match the beauty of random but
> related sonic events blended together to mingle amongst themselves in
> a loop soup. With my minimal intervention, these things take on  a
> life of their own evolving into organic noises and textures that are
> transporting. We are onto something here!  Anyway, enough rejoicing. I
> am apart of an ambient trio based in Montpelier, Vermont called Hi-Fi
> Bugs. We are synth, guitar, bass and odd percussion. To this point our
> live performances have been extended uninterupted pieces that are 90
> or so minutes in duration with no 'breaks' Certainly there are dynamic
> lulls but no interuption of the composition. I am curious if there are
> other loopers out there performing in this format. I am not sure our
> listeners are comfortable as they often applaud during lulls mistaking
> them for breaks between movements. Obviously we appreciate the
> aknowlegement but sometimes the piece is disturbed. Is it as simple
> asking for no applause. Feedback??
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