Re: [microsound] Re: on working methods for live performance

[Phil Thomson <philthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On May 9, 2004, at 5:15 PM, graham miller wrote:
>
> The most common complaint I hear about modern music live performance
> (and especially people using computers) is "they're not doing anything"
> ("they could just be reading their e-mail"). Now of course "they're not
> doing anything" is completely untrue. They're making music is what
> they're doing. But there's no visual analog. When we see a person
> playing a guitar or sax or drums we get visual cues to the sound we
> hear; basically cause and effect. But, and I see this a lot, when a guy
> is sitting there with his chin resting on one hand while the other
> casually strokes the trackpad there's no perceptible cause/effect
> relationship. It doesn't bother me, but I can understand when people
> complain.

I wonder if it's only a matter of time before this is accepted. I can
imagine for example, that some people might have originally had resistance
to the concept of DJ's as musicians (after all, they're "just playing
records"). But now it's possible to be a superstar DJ; the performance
ritual of turntablism has become understood in the mainstream. Can people
imagine the same thing happening with laptop music? Or is the digital
analog too much of a stretch?

P


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