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> From: Julio Moreno <juliomoreno@bahianet.com.br>
> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> Subject: Re: Concerned about Live Performance...and...
> Date: Quarta-feira, 20 de Janeiro de 1999 14:34
>
> i been playing bars and night clubs ( included strip shows), also big
> arenas with dance bands, rock bands, cover bands and experimental
bands...i
> just learn that most important thing is: there man waiting for women and
> women waiting for man, others are just waiting for drugs and a few are
> concerned about musicians and perfomance.The people just want a happy
> enviroment...i learn to be carefull with minor keys...you can play 1 hour
> in Cm, and make the audience go down etc. Happy enviroment to find laugh,
> relax, sex, relashionship, friendship etc.Santana always check the groove
> looking at the women in the audience, the way they react is a important
> parameter for his rhythm aproach and futures perfomances ( i think he
looks
> others "parts" too hahahah!)...anyway rhythm transitions between songs
are
> very important too. When you play at a night club there diferents "times"
> into the whole night : before the first beer...after the trird...the end
of
> night ( after a various whiskies) seems to be the most wonderfull time to
> deep feelings stuff ...some people "needs" to talk loud when the music is
> going ( be comprensive...you are doing a social service too
hahaha)...ok...just a few statments for the loop comunity from a south
> american musician. Good health and music for everybody!!!
> Julio.
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> > From: Tim Nelson <tcn62@ici.net>
> > To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> > Subject: Re: Hi Fi Bugs Concerned about Live Performance
> > Date: Quarta-feira, 20 de Janeiro de 1999 13:25
> >
> > >Or you could just enjoy the old trick of fooling them into thinking
its
> the
> > >end, and just as they start to clap, go into the really loud section
> that's
> > >obviously the same piece. Smile wickedly when you do this.
> >
> > March 23rd, 1792: Haydn's Symphony #94 ("The Surprise Symphony")
> premieres
> > in London.
> >
> > It'd be great to have a time machine to check out the audience reaction
> on
> > THIS one! Or imagine the Haydn interview in the April 1792 issue of
> > "Today's Composer" where he explains how he came to feel the need for
> such
> > extremes of dynamic range; "...Well, they just weren't paying
attention,
> > and I said to myself 'Joseph, you've got to wake those buggers up', and
> > started going through my 'orchestral stab' samples, and next thing you
> > know..."
> >
> > Live audiences have always been prone to distraction. It's only natural
> to
> > look around and check out a room full of interesting-looking strangers
at
> a
> > public gathering, especially in the hyper-social setting of a nightclub
> or
> > bar (or a concert hall, or an art gallery, or the mall, etc.). It would
> be
> > NICE if everyone would sit and listen intently, but it's probably not
> going
> > to happen very often, and this is not always an indication that the
music
> > being presented is in itself boring or that the band's presentation is
> not
> > worth watching. It's just that there's a lot going on in the room, and
> > that's just part of live performance...
> > One advantage we have over Haydn is that we can sell CD's at our live
> > shows, so that some of the audience can take the music HOME and put on
> > those headphones... We can take advantage of two very different means
of
> > presenting the music, live AND recorded, and each can enrich the other.
> >
> > Maybe Hi Fi Bugs could start off with a few pieces of a more
conventional
> > length/dynamic range to hook the crowd, and THEN preface the longer
ones
> > with the sort of communication/explanation Kim wrote of once the room
has
> > settled in a bit.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Tim
> >