Re: Okay, let's get philosophical: Performance Theory time

[matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias Grob)]

>>Playing a
>>"traditional" guitar solo (I'm a guitarist....please forgive my bias) 
>over
>>the top of a loop, in my opinion, helps to remind people that you really
>>are playing your instrument....even if they don't understand the 
>technical
>>aspects of your whole performance.
>>
>>Matt
>
>Um, has anyone here ever tried *explaining* what they're doing?  You
>know, do a little 2 minute seminar before the performance?

Yes, I often do that. I play a song first and when I fell all the brains
fixed on the question "how the hell does he that" (or rather "Po, como
quele faz isto?) I stop and show a short obvious bit of loop while talking
about it. People then relax and go deeper into the music.

Matthias

PS More and more I rather talk about consciousness and different
aplications of music and the trip inward and stuff. For many here this is
new and fundamental work. So I do it, even feeling a bit strange,
guru-like, sometimes.