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Re: [microsound] ... laptops everywhere
response and clarification etc.
by "people playing instruments and singing instead of just staring at
their laptops" I meant solo performers and small ensembles that are
expanding the possibilities of laptopping in performance. (ie any
laptop/guitar performers being one example)
I am aware of more mainstream-y acts getting in on the laptops. (About
a year ago I was told something like "yo billy you really should check
out this band The EmoSounding BandName becuase they have this dude who
uses laptop" well regardless i did and thought it still sounded like
crap). A Sting-size artist is going to have some savvy people running
his show, and these days it is way more practical to have a laptop
running what three or four synths and sequencers had to do. this is
similar to the reason why I started using computers for my music;
portability and efficiency, but also depth and a greater ability to
experiment. does this mean the new Sting/Top40 thingy is going to have
some blingy glitched-out programming? I can't say.
for us, I don't know for sure. I have not been (seriously) approached
about session/tour work. I'm not sure that if someone saw my set or
heard my whatever that they'd be like "you know, my band has been
looking for a laptopper why don't you come to a rehearsal or to this
studio session."
someone did say something to me about radiohead, though.
I'll let someone else let that cat out of the bag. I'll just leave the
bag there, waiting.
b.
On Jan 14, 2004, at 4:56 PM, Nathan. McNinch wrote:
the wealth of electronic music that is simply amazing. musicians
creating and performing work that I have a wonderfully hard time
categorizing (some tasks I leave up to wire magazine) more enjoyable
to listen to. people playing instruments and singing instead of just
staring at their laptops (though that has made some damn fine work
this last year as well).
the laptop, more traditional instrument combo seemed to be more
populare in 2003 than in other years to me too. with laptops poping up
all over the pop, rock, jazz... music scenes. i think that this has
more to do with technological trends than musical though. laptops are
faster and more affordable. and there is a tone of software out there
that new comers can make interesting noises with in a matter of hours.
i think that 2003 was the true end of the novelty of laptop music. i
no longer hear the hushed whispers of "cool there is a guy with a
laptop in the band." at shows outside of the experimental music
community. in 2002 even i still felt aware of this in music
communities outside of the more "experimental." and i still had
friends and acquaintances that were interested in how exactly i "made
music" with a computer.
it has been interesting to see the number of artists that acknowldged
the people behind the computer as having a partin creating the music
and not just editing the music. performers like sting, edie brickle...
have someone behind a laptop in their live shows now. i think, and i
could be mistaken, that on the edie brickel cd their are even pictures
of a person sitting behind an ibook in the band photos section of the
cd liner notes. i am interested to see what effect this will have on
the experimental laptop music community. will some of the better known
names be asked to open for, or even perform with, as part of the band,
bigger acts like sting?
has anyone though about trying out for being a bigger artists on
tour/in studio laptop guy/gal?
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