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yes, interesting and controversial topic! i used to think pre-recorded music of any flavor was taboo and "cheating". but when i was touring with imogen heap, she used pre- recorded bits in some of her songs, and it didn't detract from her performance or bother me. why? because as with everything, i realized there are distinctions to be made. what i care most about is this thing called 'authenticity'. some observations.... - if using pre-recorded material to 'lie' to the audience, to confuse them, or maybe hide the fact that you can't execute your own material well, that is morally and artistically questionable. - if using pre-recorded material to make your performance more 'perfect' that often backfires. ...i've noticed that some performers have a fixation with 'perfection' and sometime use pre-recorded material to lessen the chance of things going wrong onstage. i've seen audiences get bored with them. in my experience, audiences love what i call 'well-executed mistakes' - if using pre-recorded material openly to add a different dimension to you music that is fine - to 'perform' that pre-recorded material, that is best. take skilled performers, like imogen, who 'play' their pre-recorded material. i.e. "i am now about to hit this button in an exaggerated way and you will hear a sound" - obviously triggering it so the audience can tell they are 'playing' a sample. - if using pre-recorded material, use it sparingly and don't use it on every song. have a few songs where it is just you and the audience. what i do is technically very difficult and can fall-apart at any moment if i let my attention flag. also, it can feel limiting to have to play every single note that i want to loop (it takes time onstage, which is challenging with a 30-second-attention-span-teen-audience). and, i think that some of my audience has no idea what i'm doing anyway. a few people have said after a concert "that was so great...where those backing tracks you as well?". so, inspired by immi, i tried pre-recording bits here and there, and then triggering them at key moments. i tried it out on a few hopefully unsuspecting audiences....and....i didn't like it!!! i didn't like how it could make each performance of a song almost identical. as nerve-wracking as it is, i decided that the feeling of 'being on a razors edge' was an important part of the music for me and i shouldn't mess with it. i'd never thought about it specifically, but i think the feeling that it could all totally collapse, is part of my inspiration. and having to do different versions of a song, every night, based on how i played (or didn't play!) a loop, that is an element of my performance i also hadn't appreciated before. pre-recording stuff took something vital away from me. so, i decided it matters to ME that i play absolutely every little sound live. > >> Hi folks >> >> here is a topic I find quite controversial: >> When doing live looping, do you find it uncool/immoral if you see >> somebody performing with some pre-recorded loops? >> >> I was quite dogmatic on this topic but now I don't mind that much, >> as long as it serves an artistically credible music performance. >> >> I just wanted to hear your opinions: >> Would you buy into that if you'd see someone using some pre- >> recorded loops (rhythm, electronic, acoustic...) during his >> performance? >> Or do you think he might as well just sing karaoke? ;-) >> >> Best regards >> Buzap >> >> -- >> Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten >> Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser >