On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 10:04 AM, Robert Taylor wrote:
Who cares if an electronic music performance is boring to look at? This
ain't rock music. These shows are usually in clubs where people are
there to
dance, rather than witness a performance. DJs are usually pretty boring
to
watch (with a few exceptions) and I hate it when you go to big club or
an
outdoor festival and everyone is facing the stage as if they're
watching a
rock band. We should all be facing each other and dancing.
While I wouldn't go so far as to tell other people how they *should*
dance in a club or wherever I certainly *wish* that they would dance
more with each other instead of everybody facing the dj. I love to dance,
and I think it's a way of communicating with others, of expressing
your feelings to and about the music, and of _sharing_ these feelings.
Nowadays it's very very rare that I get to share this on the dancefloor,
and it's definitely something that I miss a LOT.
Had I gone to the event at Tate Modern (regardless of whether I would
have
liked the music or not) I would have wanted to experience something other
than the traditional setting of a concert: performer on stage <->
audience.
At classical or rock concerts you see the musicians playing their
instruments
in a much more intense and physical way than it's actually possible
with a
laptop imo, and that's part of the whole experience. I think laptop live
performances just don't really work in that kind of setting, and that's
what
often makes them boring for me, whether I like the music or not (it's
worse
if I don't, obviously). Other, new and different settings need to be
explored,
and already are. Onwards! : )
Cheers,
Anya
