Answers to Mattias

[phv@san.rr.com]

>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 01:34:49 -0200
>From: Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org>
>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>Subject: Re: No electricity?
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>>In response to that question, I've been spending my musical time studying
>>and practicing tabla ever since I discovered an Indian classical music
>>school in my area a couple of months ago, so the loss of electricity
>>wouldn't affect me at all. :)
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Paolo
>
>I doubt it. You never record?

If my teacher gives me a new composition to learn, I record it in my 
notebook.

>Can you play shows without amplifying?

I don't play shows.  I've only been to five classes and have never before
played any type of drum.  

>Didnt you ever go through the embarassing experience that someone politely
>asked you to stop playing because he (or often: the public) prefered to
>listen to a CD?

Luckily, no.  But I was involved in a situation where the dancers preferred
us playing live musical accompaniment (even with our mistakes!!!) over
recorded music.

I did attend performances which consisted entirely of the composer slipping
a tape into a player and pressing "Play" and we all just sat there and
listened to the playback.  I didn't get it at all until I realized it was a
tape of music for multiple-channel sound (that is, more than the two for
stereo).


Paolo