Re: Should ambient music be performed live?

[das <das@ubuibi.org>]

geez man, not like your'e dragging a b5 and leslie....

sine@zerocrossing.net wrote:

> And that got me thinking: I know I'm not much to look at, except for the
> sheer volume of gear I'm able to schlep and hook up at a moments notice.
> Also, the music I play is what I consider to be "ambient-dance."  Which 
>means
> I hope my music sets a mood, and affords the listener a decent beat to 
>dance
> to if they choose to.  I'm happiest when the audience isn't paying 
>attention
> to me, and just doing whatever, and hopefully enjoying the bed of sound 
>I'm
> creating.
>
> But, what about the sounds I *created*?  I can do so much more at home 
>in the
> studio, and under much less duress.  Is it important to anyone that I'm 
>there
> doing it?  I'm really asking because I'm not sure anymore.  I know 
>there's a
> lot of music I enjoy seeing live (reggae, bluegrass, ect...) that I'd 
>never
> buy on CD.  Maybe I'm totally spinning my wheels.  I should be giving out
> discs to DJs and letting them spin while all my gear sits happy in my 
>apt.