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Re: is using Pre-recorded Loops Cheating
Buzap Buzap wrote:
>I'm pleased to see that I've hit the nerve with this subject :-))
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>I would like to add one more thing to this comment:
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>I believe that the last sentence is only half the truth. True: It is the
>artist's task to "reach the unreachable".
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OK, sorry, but my English major side is poking through here. I think
you mean "It is the artist's task to "reach for the unreachable", as, by
definition, one cannot reach the unreachable. Or, as a far better poet
than I once said (and I fully expect the list to be inundated with
people who can remember which poet it was (-8): "A man's reach must 'er
exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"
>Howeever, if you are a _performing_ artist, the goal is different. I
>believe even Miles Davis - who has been known for a certain dislike of
>his audience -, when playing in a bar etc, would only be satisfied if
>there would be at least one person in the audience he could reach with
>his music.
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Ah, but how could he tell? His performances vastly touched me and
influenced my music in so many ways, but how could he tell? I'm a
jive-ass honky, and my reaction to an epiphany (which Miles delivered at
several concerts) is a dumbfounded, slackjawed "let me go think about
this for a millenia or so". Yeah, I was on my feet clapping, but he got
that much when he simply walked on stage. And there is the question
that while I can see his influence on my music, would he recognize it?
And if he did recognize it, would he want to acknowledge it? (0-8
Sorry, I'm not sure what my point was. It's just that any mention of
Miles Davis pushes my buttons. (-8
John McIntyre
mcintyre@pa.msu.edu
>So, I think as _performing_ artists, you need to be in touch both with
>the "heavens/unreachable/unkown/creative force..." as well as the
>ordinariy people in your audience. If you just focus on one of these two,
>you will be either a bitter, unrecognized genius in his own musical world
>or a plain ego booster putting his narcissistic self into display.
>But playing for an audience, pleasing them, being in touch with them is -
>with the right attitude and vision - not about a big ego but about a big
>HEART.
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>My most significant exprience on this was this:
>I used to push my muscic more into complexity, speed, wild rhythms,
>sophistication. Then coincidentally, I bought a live recording of
>Elizabeth Cotten. She was already very old on the recording and singing
>with a cracked voice. But she was a lovely woman, telling a story to her
>audience and TOUCHING the hearts of people.
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>http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tm5-WdB_aVE
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>This has changed my musical life.
>And I would always trade a [add your favorite rock/jazz/fusion virtuoso
>here] solo to a simple song of hers.
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>Buzap
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