Re: PrePrepared vs. Improvisational Live Looping Performances

["Bob Amstadt" <bob@amstadt.com>]

From: "Zoe Keating" <info@zoekeating.com>
> i'm not connected to the classical world anymore. i play a looped  
>version 
> of the 2nd mvt of beethoven's 7th symphony and it gets some  classical 
> people REALLY upset (just read the comments on a youtube  recording of 
>it) 
> like they are personally offended by it. i tell them  its a COVER of 
> beethoven, and i can do as i damn well please ;-)

Excellent!  I agree with you wholly.  I even see this ridiculous attitude 
in 
popular music.  I've played with a few rock musicians in the past few 
years 
that have felt that if you don't play it exactly as recorded, then you 
have 
no right to play it.  It is a ridiculous notion.

I'm glad that you put your own style on the piece.  It is not an insult to 
the composer or anybody else.  It is simply an expression of yourself on 
the 
music.  What is the point of 1000 musicians all playing the same piece 
exactly the same way?  It serves no useful purpose.

Keep doing what you are doing.  There are a great many of us that 
appreciate 
what you do.

Bob Amstadt