its not like watching someone put a record on a turntable and then
play with the pitch until it plays at the same tempo as the other
record is the epitome of excitement (theo parrish and titonton are
exactly, it's NOT. i never realized how much the actual turning of the head,
moving of the arms, looking around etc, actually mattered, until i had
witnessed performance after performance of people staring straight ahead
immobile, doing things? i'm not sure.
notable exceptions : ). i dont see why the physical movement of
the artist is what makes you get into the music. it should be the
music that moves you.
because there is a performance aspect when you go "out" to see music. if
it's all about the music, then what is the point of performance -- bring in
the pre-recorded mixes, and press play on your dats. woohoo. i dont think
it's a good thing that many laptop performances, you have no idea whether
the performer just hit play or what -- you have to assume they're doing
something. there are plenty of people that use laptops well and put on a
good performance, use laptops in conjunction with other equipment, but
hoorrrdes of people that do not, and the laptop is just becoming standard,
and i think it sucks. i prefer what magas did when he played here -- plopped
down laptop, hit play, and then jumped around and put on a show -- to
someone sitting there behind a screen doing something mysterious.
the expensive part is just due to the new nature of the
technology. look at synthesizers: "real" musicians said things
much like "less and less physical, tangible...more
>complicated, cerebral, expensive, elite" when synths came out.
yeah yeah but i'm not talking about "real" music, or making that sort of
simple argument, i mean duh i am into techno. i'm just talking
presentation. a laptop has no moving parts and usually neither do the people
using them. it's just simply boring to watch, regardless how it sounds. most
dj's are pretty boring to watch too yes but not quite as boring. whatever,
it's just my opinion. i dont like the direction electronic music performance
is moving. production and performance are seperate arenas so dont get me
wrong.
then 15 years later once synths were cheap and abuseable, the
chicago and detroit cats took them and made the music that made
you join this list. and now youre taking the same attitude as the
old "real" musicians that criticized synths........
im not talking about music, but performance. yes you can do great music with
laptops and computers i use one too.
why are you performing if you cant stand to be watched. yeah i do go out to
hear & SEE music, not to stare off into space or socialize.
jt
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