Re: [microsound] PowerBore

[pelagius pelagius <pela_gius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: t-mu <tkorpipa@xxxxxxxxx>
> - some years ago vince clark (of yazoo/erasure fame) was interviewed and he
> defended his decision of using completely sequenced backing tracks 
> (limiting
> himself to maybe move a knob once in 5 minutes) that the audience just 
> wants
> to hear a good song. and that he would do injustice to the songs by trying
> to actually 'play' the tracks (makes sense, as it's so robotic). of course
> this is microsound list, but i started to think about it: if the audience
> likes the music, they most propably don't care or even think about 'how is
> it done?' or 'god how boring this looks..'

Yeah, but at a show I saw in SF he was driving around the stage with all of 
his synths in a space age tank thing along with tons of dancers, sets and 
regular costume changes!  It was hardly boring.

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