Re: [microsound] fan reaction to laptop

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On that...

I was once asked at a party what exactly was I doing when spinning
records.  The guy asked me if I was making the sounds.  I just loooked at
him blankly for a second and then told him that I was playing records.  He
asked me again if I was 'making the sounds'  I pointed to a turntable and
said I am playing that record.  He didn't get it.  Is the new generation
completely unaware of the existence of vinyl?  Computers fair no better. 
Next show I think I'll just walk around the crowd and blow a kazoo in
people's faces.

andre goncalves wrote:
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> on 5/29/03 15:24, vze26m98 at vze26m98@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> I'm curious whether anyone has experienced similar situations in art
>> galleries or concert halls:
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> sure!
> once i performed with a friend of mine in a so called "electronic
> festival"
> in spain, it were a big square room and we were projecting video in one
> wall
> and the 2 of us were sitted below at the same audience level, with no
> stage,
> we were using a laptop, a pc with a 17''screen :), rhythm sequencers and
> gadgets... suddenly a guy just came near me and started making direct
> questions about what were i doing, if i just was playing and pausing
> sounds,
> if i got it all recorded at home, if i were improvising, etc.. i had to
> spoke in english telling him that i was foreigner and didnt understood his
> language for him to go away ;) he stepped back stood for five more minutes
> and left!
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> i think most part of the people do this with naive intentions, they really
> dont understand if the guy behind the computer is setting up, has started
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> he's just there, like a security or something. are people afraid that
> they're being joked?
> probably the guy just never understood what were we doing there, i guess
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> didnt even noticed the video, he were below it all the time had no view
> angle to see it :)
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