Re: [microsound] fan reaction to laptop

[Al C <omnid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 5/29/03 12:47 PM, The pHarmanaut at pharmanaut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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?
 
I can just picture it now. Some fool with a laptop strapped to him jumping
around the stage... Maybe he can also swing on a rope like Eddie Van
Halen:-)

albert

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