Re: [microsound] Re: Linzing it again

[rebecca263 <rebecca263@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now, wait a minute. Are we saying that we've all got amazing PA's in our
living rooms? Well, we know that SonyMao have them, but c'mon, we can't all
be so lucky! I rather like hearing a cd perfomance in public venues, the
sound, baby!
----- Original Message -----
From: "pelagius pelagius" <pela_gius@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:47 PM
Subject: [microsound] Re: Linzing it again


> >From: "Jacek Staniszewski" <jstanisz@xxxxxxxx>
> >Anyway, expecting an artist to "be there", "play", "perform" corporeally
is
> >a bit of fan worship, isn't it?
>
> What?  This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.  Which is more a
> case of fan worship: paying money and travelling to a show expecting to
see
> a musician perform music, or paying money to watch someone stand on stage
> while their CD plays?  Anyone who would go to a club to watch someone
stand
> around while a CD plays is a true fanboy.
>
> And all of this splitting hairs over terminology is stupid.  If you're
> putting on a show of any kind and you list an artists name, people are
going
> to assume that artist is playing.  Should audiences be expected to read
the
> fine print and ponder over the meaning of the word "performance"?  Even
the
> term "presentation" implies some sort of activity does it not?



GOOD GRIEF!-----Charlie Brown, American entertainer


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