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Thomas Dolby Concert
Just got back from
the Thomas Dolby / Colin Hay concert in Agoura (Los Angeles area). It was
great! Dolby started with a 15 second intro then stopped, threw out
some t-shirts into the audience saying "new rule: if things don't work, you get
t-shirts" then "see you in a few, we have to reboot. I really wish Apple
would fix their friggin' software" and a guy came out to reboot his
machine. This happened twice, after that it was smooth sailing. At
one point he replied to someone in the audience "What, I should get a pc?"
Pretty funny.
Gotta tell you, I
don't perform professionally, but lurking on this list has really opened my
eyes, and a lot of the discussion topics on this list were evident in the
concert. For example...
1. The
aforementioned computer glitches: his whole show requires the computer, and when
it tanked, he was dead
2. He had a camera
on the console showing his face superimposed on the image from the camera on his
head. Watching him play and manipulate the electronics was very cool
actually
3. He had a
screen, and was tied into the hall's screens, showing #2 above but also mini
videos that went with the songs, as well as some minor lighting, all of which
enhanced the show
4. He looped a
lot, and seeing how he did it, with no apparent sound degradation, and the speed
with which he built-up the loops, with multiple audio sources, was
inspiring
5. In Colin Hay's
act, a guy jumped on the stage. They just went with it, Hay's "dancing
girl" (no idea what to call her really) just danced with the guy until the
bouncer came and got him. The song went on without
interruption
Overall, a great
time, and since being in the list, I watched it with quite a different eye than
I have in the past.
Steve
Mark
LooperTools.com
