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Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 11:23
PM
Subject: Thomas Dolby Concert
Just got back
from the Thomas Dolby / Colin Hay concert in Agoura (Los Angeles area).
It was great! Dolby started with a 15 second intro then
stopped, threw out some t-shirts into the audience saying "new rule: if
things don't work, you get t-shirts" then "see you in a few, we have to
reboot. I really wish Apple would fix their friggin' software" and a guy
came out to reboot his machine. This happened twice, after that it was
smooth sailing. At one point he replied to someone in the audience
"What, I should get a pc?" Pretty funny.
Gotta tell you,
I don't perform professionally, but lurking on this list has really opened my
eyes, and a lot of the discussion topics on this list were evident in the
concert. For example...
1. The
aforementioned computer glitches: his whole show requires the computer, and
when it tanked, he was dead
2. He had a
camera on the console showing his face superimposed on the image from the
camera on his head. Watching him play and manipulate the electronics was
very cool actually
3. He had a
screen, and was tied into the hall's screens, showing #2 above but also mini
videos that went with the songs, as well as some minor lighting, all of which
enhanced the show
4. He looped a
lot, and seeing how he did it, with no apparent sound degradation, and the
speed with which he built-up the loops, with multiple audio sources, was
inspiring
5. In Colin
Hay's act, a guy jumped on the stage. They just went with it, Hay's
"dancing girl" (no idea what to call her really) just danced with the guy
until the bouncer came and got him. The song went on without
interruption
Overall, a great
time, and since being in the list, I watched it with quite a different eye
than I have in the past.
Steve
Mark
LooperTools.com
