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Visual interest in music
>Reminds me of the distraction I've often experienced at some hi-tech
>concerts, where the performers don't seem to be performing, just
>servicing
>the
>equipment--makes it hard to tell whether what you're hearing is the
>"piece,"
>or just prepatory maintenence; I'd rather be just hearing the sounds from
>a
>radio. In person, I seem inadvertently to demand the increased and
>compelling
>drama of watching something extraordinary being accomplished before my
>eyes,
>by a charasmatic humanoid...it's as if music in person must also recognize
>that's it's dance, too.
Well, we all have our shortcomings. In addition to a vigorous on-stage
display of semi-rhythmic enthusiasm, I prefer that all the musicians be
cute, between the ages of 19 and 29, and outfitted in the latest youth
fashions.
Travis Hartnett