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At 11:54 AM -0800 11/14/02, Greg House wrote: >--- Douglas Baldwin <coyotelk@optonline.net> wrote: >> And Greg House wrote: >> >> >While it's nice if your playing is effortless, but along the lines of >the >> other >> thread I was just writing on, it can make for a more interesting >performance >> if your looping appears LESS effortless. >> >> And, wiseass that I am, I have an aphorism about appearance. "Music is >the >> performance of sound; theater is the performance of appearance." Many >> musicians add theater to their performances. Some even do so >intentionally! > >Haha! Well, music generally falls into what most people call >"entertainment". >Recordings are generally the realm of the purely sonic form of musical >entertainment. For live performances, most people I've observed seem to >expect >more (or at least different) then a picture perfect musical performance by >someone who hardly moves. I've said it myself, "If I wanted to hear >the CD, I'd >sit at home in my living room. The acoustics are better and I don't smell >like >smoke when I'm done." I enjoy watching people play, especially if >they themselves >are enjoying it (and it shows). The visual definitely augments the sound. > Watching musicians (especially improvisors) do what they need to do to get the music out of their instruments is pretty much theatre enough for me. -- Visit "Before the Fall -- Images of the World Trade Center" at http://www.foryourhead.com "There were so many things there that are not anywhere else in the world. There were millions of people, the strange reflective bars of the buildings and the shiny and shimmering towers that seemed like a fairy tale" -- David-Michael Cook Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. Video Producer Image Processing Specialist Video for your HEAD! Boris FX http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com