Actually that's a really interesting point... I've actually decided I need to add a second keyboard player to my solo live PA for that reason, so that I can be free to either play OR tweak, or he can tweak if I need both hands. A MIDI foot pedal would help too. If you are quick though it is possible to play quite a bit of keys and tweak at the same time...
/dave -----Original Message----- From: Jayson B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: (313) ableton live 2 beta 2 out (public) >Maybe techno producers who do live PAs should break down and take a couple >keyboard lessons? >Carl Craig played some live keys when I saw his live PA, I think it was as >Paperclip People. and i found everytime he touched the keys i got bored. the thing is, playing full 'live' or not, when you're playing the keyboard you're also assuring the crowd that you're *not* tweaking the bass, dropping the cymbal line, bringing in a synth solo, or sliding up a string line an octave. whether or not you're doing that i don't think is the point: making the crowd think you are *is*, and when you're playing a keyboard you are assuring them that you're not. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
