Re: Live Mixing

["phoenSND>" <phoenelai@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, ....I'd rather hide in a dj booth, tell the audience I'm mixing my own tunes, dont mind me, have fun with your friends and enjoy the sounds! 

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On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:07:16  
 andrewduke wrote:
>alex wrote:
>
>>...laptop performance is a problem, in that the
>relationship between the performer and the music is
>lost in a blank stare into tft.  the answer i've found
>is to project my desktop so people can see the
>movements i'm making to make the music.  works for me. 
>lets not follow the traditions set by laptop
>'performers' replaying predetermined loops.
>
>***2 things come to mind for me here: #2; while some
>people do have rigorously preplanned sets, i think this
>happens in all types of music, yet there seems to be an
>assumption that laptop performers do this more than
>other styles.  reminds me of my worst "gig" this year;
>i was in a place to play a show the *next* night and
>the day i got there i was convinced by the promoter to
>do a short set at an open mike night at a pub!  being
>always up for a challenge, i figured, "what the hell". 
>i was assured that at least half the crowd would be
>there to check me out (a day before my real show), but
>i don't know where they were.  the catcalling ("look,
>he's up there checking his email"; "is he playing
>solitaire?" etc) drowned out my monitors at times, no
>joke, and it was all i could do to actually stay up
>there for a couple of songs.  i wasn't doing anything
>preplanned, in fact i was desperately trying to whip
>something together in realtime that would please an
>audience that had just heard someone do beatles'
>covers! #1:  i don't think we should equate performance
>with movement; ie the more movement = a better
>performance.  what about those who do a long drone
>piece with minute manipulation versus someone who is
>doing an uptempo rhythmic set?  the minute changes in a
>drone piece, even if projected on a screen, might not
>be noticed, and yet the person doing the uptempo
>rhythmic set *might* have it totally presequenced, but
>because s/he is bopping around, the onlookers might
>assume that it is a real live set.  if you're doing a
>set with minute changes and quiet details, you might
>need to have headphones on and be staring into the
>screen, not making eye contact with the crowd.  i know
>for me, i'd rather not wear headphones when performing,
>but if i'm doing a microsound set and the crowd gets
>too loud, i have to put headphones on, or i can't hear
>what i'm doing, even with monitors.  another example is
>a set where something as unnoticeable as eye movements
>control sound.  if people don't see the eye movements,
>does it mean the performance isn't a real one?  for me,
>music = audio = ears primarily, and, for something like
>big bass tones that affect the body's chest cavity, the
>chest secondly.  eyes don't factor into it for me,
>unless the music is painting pictures in my mind, and
>this mindpainting would work for a blind person without
>sound, so again, it wouldn't really be sight-related. 
>i think we need to judge music performances with our
>ears, not our eyes. andrew
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