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Re: Practice, rehearse, perform



At 11:54 AM -0800 11/14/02, Greg House wrote:
>--- Douglas Baldwin <coyotelk@optonline.net> wrote:
>>  And Greg House wrote:
>>
>>  >While it's nice if your playing is effortless, but along the lines of 
>the
>>  other
>>  thread I was just writing on, it can make for a more interesting 
>performance
>>  if your looping appears LESS effortless.
>>
>>  And, wiseass that I am, I have an aphorism about appearance. "Music is 
>the
>>  performance of sound; theater is the performance of appearance." Many
>>  musicians add theater to their performances. Some even do so 
>intentionally!
>
>Haha! Well, music generally falls into what most people call 
>"entertainment".
>Recordings are generally the realm of the purely sonic form of musical
>entertainment. For live performances, most people I've observed seem to 
>expect
>more (or at least different) then a picture perfect musical performance by
>someone who hardly moves. I've said it myself, "If I wanted to hear 
>the CD, I'd
>sit at home in my living room. The acoustics are better and I don't smell 
>like
>smoke when I'm done." I enjoy watching people play, especially if 
>they themselves
>are enjoying it (and it shows). The visual definitely augments the sound.
>

Watching musicians (especially improvisors) do what they need to do 
to get the music out of their instruments is pretty much theatre 
enough for me.
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