Re: nerds with toys

[paul bailey <bpbailey@gmail.com>]

> What I'm really trying to say is this: sitting at a table staring at
> the readout on your grooveboxx, occasionally poking a button, is not
> performance. It is barely art. The audience, bless their little hearts,
> are paying money to be entertained. Your job, as an entertainer, is to
> do something they're not willing or able to do themselves.

http://www.analogindustries.com/blog/entry.jsp?msgid=1233359209943

i think this is what most of my friends worry about when coming to see a show with looping, controllerism or processing involved.  with any type of improvisational performance its a very fine line (which has been endlessly discussed on this site).  i just think the comments by other these other musicians are good to keep in mind.  

paul

www.paulbailey.us

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Michael Peters <mp@mpeters.de> wrote:

also an interesting perspective that has to be honoured ...

 

Nothing - NOTHING - is more boring and ego-fed than live looping, especially when you have a full band on the stage. If I want to see someone "creating tracks", I'll go to a recording studio. In concert, I want to see and hear a band working together making music, not some nerd with toys making tracks.  by billthemailman January 30, 2:39 PM

 

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/01/30/in_the_loop/?page=2

 

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