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well said. >From: "samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: pop v avant jambands etc. >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:17:47 -0800 > > I think there's a false polarity in the distinction between popular >and >Art. Sure it's enacted everyday in the marketplace,but it;s not the only >possibility.The Beatles and Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix,Some would >perhaps >put Radiohead,or Beck here, all had huge popular success and did things >that were truly experimental.I am the Walrus was played on a.m. radio.All >of 'em employed superficial gimmicks to get noticed,and delivered the >goods >once the were noticed The jamband scene is really ripe ,it's an >audience >that expects musicians to take chances and try to go somewhere >unexpected,and they listen.If their ears can be a bit unsophisticated it >need not be an obstacle,one needs only to provide them a way in.For >instance by starting simple and developing in stages,employing infectious >grooves ,etc.Paying attention to and working with the attention level of >the audience is not necessarily pandering,it's performing. The challenge >of >engaging an audience that's willing to listen and is ready for you to >take >chances-What more do you want? I think the real trick is to tune into and >feel the audiences' mood,attention,energy, vibe,and invent music that >expresses that. It's not the audiences job to understand the artist,it's >the other way around,at least in the art of performing. >When I saw KW the audience's attention was really caught by him building >all these tracks live right in front of them.Yes anyone who loops could >do >it,and get the attention of an audience.Show 'em something they haven't >seen before and they'll pay attention,then you have the chance to take >'em >somewhere.I think audiences want something familiar,so they feel >connected,and something new that surprises ,and delights them,some energy >to make them feel excited,and most of all to have their attention so >engaged,that they forget their troubles for a minute,which makes them >feel >refreshed. These are compositional elements as much as >pitches,patches,beats , measures etc.Colors on the pal > >_________________________________________________________________ >Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. >http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview > _________________________________________________________________ Get FREE company branded e-mail accounts and business Web site from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/