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I have mixed feelings about this,i have friends that went to see Beck for example and said"well he sounds way different that his albums and i didnīt like that".Somehow they were expecting the sounds which they are acquainted with or Beck wasnīt convincing enough that night, and they perhaps thought that live he canīt pull it.Bowie for example is known for his great shows and ive heard in the 90s he used a lot of pre recorded sequences. i think is really a matter of profesionality and fullfilling different peoples expectations regardless of what you use, which is soemtimes quite hard to acomplish if you try too much... L.a > cd when they play. When I > see someone playing along to a cd backing track, so > that they can sound like > their recorded work, the first thought I get is, > "This person is not ready > to do a live show." > > That doesn't mean that such people should never > perform live. One of the > things that my involvement in the SF improvised > music community has taught > me is that you shouldn't feel required to play > tracks from your cd. > Improvise! Or compose something that works well as a > show that might not be > on a cd. Think of your show as what you can do with > what you can bring. > > I get much more excited at a show where someone > builds the musical > background onstage before continuing with the song, > even if it takes longer > and sounds completely different from the cd. (Heck, > more so if it sounds > completely different.) > > I think a large part of it is witnessing the > creative process on stage. > That's what I'm there to see. It's a bummer when the > everything's finished > in advance. Don't do a show...send me a cd! Post an > mp3! > > Sometimes pre-recorded material works great onstage, > but usually when you > still get to see the creative process happening. For > example, when someone > presents a work where they're live mixing several > recordings. > > I'm sleepy, so I'm sorry if that didn't come out > very coherent. > > Matt Davignon > > On 2004-08-08, at 01.31, Travis Hartnett wrote: > > >I'm curious as to how many people are using some > form of pre-recorded > >material when they play out, and what the audience > response has been. I > >know that some people assume that I'm playing over > backing tracks from a CD > >or something similar when I play (I don't), but > I've never heard anything > >negative from them about that idea (maybe the ones > who disapprove just > >don't talk to me). They're always a bit surprised > when I explain how it's > >all Live Looping, and sometimes I'll do a tune > that's a combination > >performance and talked-through demonstration on how > it works. A friend of > >mine has been doing open mics recently, playing > live guitar over a CD-R of > >backing tracks that he'd recorded (he's got a > Johnson amp simulator, a > >Tascam CD player and a little mixer all mounted on > a music stand when he > >plays, so it's just one cable out to the sound > guy), and the musician's > >union has yet to bust him (joke), and it aroused my > curiousity as to how > >widespread this sort of thing is outside karaoke > bars. > > > >TravisH > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events > for advice on how to > get there! > http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > ===== www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com