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Re: is using Pre-recorded Loops Cheating

Hi all

I'm pleased to see that I've hit the nerve with this subject :-))

I would like to add one more thing to this comment:
> Being an "entertainer" is about "ego" 
> And being an "artist" .. is about "reaching the unreachable"

I believe that the last sentence is only half the truth. True: It is the 
artist's task to "reach the unreachable".
However, it is at the same time also to bring "heaven to earth", or bring 
the "unreachable" to people.

So, if you are a composer, I think you can simply focus on "reaching the 
unreachable" and hope that in the next generations someone will discover 
your music.
Howeever, if you are a _performing_ artist, the goal is different. I 
believe even Miles Davis - who has been known for a certain dislike of his 
audience -, when playing in a bar etc, would only be satisfied if there 
would be at least one person in the audience he could reach with his music.

So, I think as _performing_ artists, you need to be in touch both with the 
"heavens/unreachable/unkown/creative force..." as well as the ordinariy 
people in your audience. If you just focus on one of these two, you will 
be either a bitter, unrecognized genius in his own musical world or a 
plain ego booster putting his narcissistic self into display.
But playing for an audience, pleasing them, being in touch with them is - 
with the right attitude and vision - not about a big ego but about a big 
HEART.

My most significant exprience on this was this:
I used to push my muscic more into complexity, speed, wild rhythms, 
sophistication. Then coincidentally, I bought a live recording of 
Elizabeth Cotten. She was already very old on the recording and singing 
with a cracked voice. But she was a lovely woman, telling a story to her 
audience and TOUCHING the hearts of people.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tm5-WdB_aVE

This has changed my musical life.
And I would always trade a [add your favorite rock/jazz/fusion virtuoso 
here] solo to a simple song of hers.

Buzap




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