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I agree; that's the central challenge with digital instruments from my opinion, as amazing as they are at doing things _exactly_ how do you take that energy from the crowd and turn it back around into more energetic playing? click harder? Still frustrated that there's no midi controller for tuba... -Miles On 6/15/07, RICK WALKER <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: > mech wrote: > "I'd agree that if an audience pays good money for a "traditional" > performance, they should most likely get what they pay for. However, > it's also perfectly viable to "erase" yourself from the performance > and let the music itself be the center of attention, IMNSHO." > > I see what you mean but this one thought hits me strongly > thinking about your post: > > If the performance (and musician) is not so important and only the music >is, > why will people NOT pay to go see a show where you just put > your latest recording on with a fantastic sound system? > > There's no denying it, there is the potential for a lot of interactive > energy > between performers and audiences (even if the interaction is only that > the crowd is really excited to see the performer play) that makes the >live > experience distincly different from the recorded experience. > > I've seen so many boring computer Goth shows in the past few > years..........most > of them , really, and yet, the lead singer of VNV Nation (a band that >I"m > not even > particularly enamored of) can just make a huge sold out crowd go crazy >just > because he is so passionate and throws himself into his singing. > He just plays to a backing track with another of my pet peeves, an > electronic > drummer who is obviously not playing all the drums on the track and it's > compelling as all hell. I don't even own his records but I love seeing >him > perform. > He's totally inspirational. > Go figure! > > At the same time, I just saw the Police play their reunion concert last > night. > They had a hundred thousand dollar light computer/led light show. > Sting was in fantastic voice............just blew my mind what a much >better > singer he is now than even back in their heyday. > Band sounded good and they played all the hits to an adoring crowd. > The band was animated and hopped all over the stage, lit incredibly well. > My wife and I both confessed afterwards that it just hadn't touched us > as at all, emotionally (and we're big fans). > Go figure! > > It's the anima of the performance that connects a lot of times. > Of course, it helps if the music is fantastic and compelling. > > All anyone needs to do is to go see Kid Beyond do a performance with a >mic, > an FCB1010 and a laptop looping solution to know that > playing with a laptop is NOT INTRINSICALLY BORING. > > the point of all of this dialectic is that it is the gestalt that makes >the > most difference: > that frequently elusive combination of wonderful music, interesting >visual > presentation > and audience committment to the performance. > > It doesn't matter whether Hendrix would have used a strat or a Sony VAIO, > the question is, would you go to see him if he were still making >compelling > music. > > rick walker > > -- ---Miles Ward