Re: [microsound] fan reaction to laptop

["The pHarmanaut" <pharmanaut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a hard time seeing something like this drumitar as more than a
novelty. It strikes me as more about the spectacle of performance. What's
the value of being able to move about? Does it really involve more audience
participation in, commitment to, or interaction with the performance? This
sort of gesture seems to me to be more about maintaining the authority of
the performing entity, and his/her separation from the audience.

-=trace

> Would there be any interest from the laptop players in an instrument-like
> laptop configuration?  One that could be played while moving about - a bit
> like Roy Wooten's Drumitar? (see
> http://www.jazzconnectionmag.com/Futureman%20Concert%20Pic.jpg  )  Has
> anyone ever done a gig with something like this?

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