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The audience, and technology.
Thinking of the intelligence of the public. Many people in the
audience
know much that I will not know. We as musicians that use specialized
technology to create our music, know things that most of them will never
know, or care to know. After the fact, I always chuckle to myself when a
listener has asked me a question like ..how did I get those sounds? I
start
to try to explain about Looping, Reaktor, Spektral Delay, CrusherX,
Granular
ReSynthesis, blah, blah, blah.... I find myself feeling like a complete
nerd.
Worse still the inquiring eyes have transformed into a blank stare. I
laugh
at myself for not having a clue as how to explain any of it to them. It's
much easier when they point to one of my wind, or percussion instruments.
Given that, how do we reach out to an audience that has enough
problems
understanding echoes and reverb, much less looping, etc.? From time to
time
there have been posts referring to the desire to expand the looping
universe
via a better educated/experienced audience. Simultaneously, the desire is
expressed to bring more musicians into looping. Well, it's on us to
develop a
kind of interactive learning experience for them. I believe that good
learning starts with play. After the holidays, at my next Art Gallery gig,
I
will start looping vocal sounds from audience members. I will try to
engage
the more playful people there to add to the loop. Maybe it will all be
just
silliness. Fortunately, the silliness can be transformed into the bizarre.
Afterward, maybe I will get a little further in a conversation about it
with
one or two people.
Marc