[microsound] Re:yet more..... on working methods for live performance

[richard chartier / LINE <chartier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hello
thought i would chime in on this again.

i find it funny that people are still so up in arms about laptop 
performances and "is she/he checking his email"

i prefer to just sit back and listen... i dont want to know what the 
artist is using. "what software do you use"
i have said it a million times... i want to see the magician pull the 
rabbit out of the hat... but i dont want to see the guy underneath

magic implied or real is still magic. does that make sense?


i prefer just to shut my eyes and listen to a live performance.... i 
dont care to watch how someone moves there faders or EQs.
i used to try to stay as still as possible during my performances just 
so the audience would not feel as if they HAD to watch me.
because ultimately i dont want them watching me...i suggest they dont 
watch... "watch with your ears" i dont use video/visuals for my solo 
work for just this reason.
so people will really start to focus on the sound in and around them. 
and doesnt set up some kind of subjective idea of "performance"

"i didnt get my money's worth... he didnt move very much" haha.


i had a wonderful experience at the Music Research Centre in York, UK 
recently  that i wish i could have at every performance... i got a good 
part of the day prior to the performance to work in the performance 
space (which by the way has amazing acoustics and system) tailoring and 
adjusting my pieces to the space. really playing  the space in a more 
successful way than i normally do (do to limitations on sound check 
times at most venues). i felt this really enhanced my "live" 
performance.. since i had less of a fear of IS THIS SOUND GOING TO 
VIBRATE THE AIR DUCTS IN THE CEILING for example.


anyway just some random thoughts
r


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