Re: [microsound] Re: DC electronic open mic/fan reaction

[Oliver Penny <olly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i used to be a person who played out with a pc and mixer setup but 
spent all my time on my mixer, muting channels in and out, heavily 
EQing sounds and generally doing as much as possible live. while i was 
doing this i was quite suspicious of the laptop brigade because of the 
missing visual element of performance, certainly jokes about checking 
email and whatever were mentioned. since then i have come to the 
realisation that most music is about listening and the aural 
experience, there is something nice about there being less ego involved 
with these less performative forms of music. someone jumping around the 
stage doesn't make for good music.
just my opinion, it'll probably have changed in a few hours,

//olly

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On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 11:52 AM, vze26m98 wrote:

> On 5/28/03 at 4:08 PM, Tim Kugel <guitardo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It was amusing watching people "play" their laptops.  I was more
>> curious as to what they were looking at.  They could have been
>> checking their email for all I know.
>
>> What I thought was really cool were the guys that weren't using
>> their laptops and were using mixing boards instead.  They were
>> the ones that I thought did the best stuff.  I suppose it was
>> soundwave manipulation?  I thought it was great.  It's cheesy,
>> but I was actually imagining the soundwaves peak like they do
>> on monitors.
>
> Tim-
>
> I think these are very interesting comments by your friend.
>
> I'm assuming he preferred the "mixing board" *MUSIC* to the music of 
> the
> laptop performers.
>
> Your friend seems curious about what's doing on the laptop screen and
> feels shut out in a negative way (...could've been checking their
> email).
>
> By contrast, the "mix artists" have him imagining soundwaves even 
> though
> he's guessing at how they do it.
>
> What were they looking at, and doing with their hands that was 
> different
> from the laptop folks?
>
> Best,
>
> Tad
>
>
>
>
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