laptop (performance) ethics...

[deKam <johnny@xxxxxxxx>]

> we gotta get rid of some live concert stereotypes i guess. already did. most
> of these issues turn out to be a matter of being curious and willing to enjoy
> in the end.

or we have to get rid of computer music stereotypes no?

'performance' manifests itself in many ways.


> young sexy ladies

stereotype no?




>> with so many programs like bigeye and max and shit like that why can't
>> anybody come up with an interesting way of performing their tracks?

you have been sleeping




>> a cool track is a cool track regardless of how it was made.

it is the 'track' that induces boredom in performance.  it implies linear
playback... hence pressing the space bar - boredom in performance


let us see & feel that the performer is somehow affecting our experience in
the moment.  otherwise, call it a tape concert please... not performance.




another solution to track boredom is to provide an interesting visual
experience through video projection (if you are inclined to sit and do
nothing during your performance)

this has been an essential element to the techno/rave/dj equation for some
time.  but this is also just another form of tape



my interest lies in fusing all of these elements... so
the program is interactive, improvised, gestural and uses video+sound
together all within the laptop processes.  software is hybrid Max/MSP
w/nato.0+55 object... alowing for simultaneous
control/generation/decomposition of sound+visual


-deKam