RE: making a spectacle of yourself

["Clifford Novey" <om@Om-Studios.com>]

After LoopStock (where I at lest tried to set my rack up sideways for
some people to see) I realized how great it would be for video cameras
capturing the musician's work areas to be installed/set up for shows
like these with the video being projected live to screens/back of stage.
Those who wanted to either know what was going on technically or simply
see the action of the performers could. It sure would be nice if venues
all had this as a standard. The cheapest way I can think of advancing
this notion is exaggerated movement while performing. It might feel a
bit contrived but I'll have to try it and see if the audience
appreciates the show differently as a result!

Cliff

PS- Files section is great- way to go Doug- and thanks Kim-  I uploaded
a Rptr chop/slip example at the kind suggestion of Jon Wagner. 

www.om-studios.com

>I think that one of the important things about live-music is, that the
>audience has to have a chance to follow the action on stage. This is
not >too
>complicated with most music-styles. You can hear the direct result of
what
>the musicianīs doing. With elektronica or loopmusic itīs almost
impossible
>for the technically uninvolved audience to see/hear a connection
between >the
>action and the sound. I think the looper has to develope something(for
>example some stupid lightbulbs with a different color for each button)
to
>involve the listener, because a real great performance can only happen,
>when
>the audience is (or at least has the feeling of being) part of whatīs
>happening. 
>CW