> here's a question: why do so few live pa's do this? Of the ones that i've > seen that actually *do* play live, i still see many of them with fully > sequenced songs. the only thing they do is is twiddle a few knobs. I mean, > if you're not going to play that way, why not play off of dat? > > > gah. i don't know. its such an interesting performance medium to me, and > sometimes it breaks my heart that live pa's STILL don't get much respect. > It doesn't matter how much gear you have on stage, or how much of it is > performed live; you're always going to have people asking, "so what kind of > music do you spin?" And now with technology like finalscratch, the line > between production and djing is blurred even more. is the live performance > of electronic music just going to go away? Companies are starting to put > gear out with the live situation in mind, and most of it really can heighten > the live experience (i *love* my two rs7000's), but i still don't see any > sort of increased emphasis of live performance anywhere, be it in > messageboards or magazines. I don't see urb (used as merely as an example) > publishing an article on the top100 live pa's, or the top25, or the top 10, > or even mentioning anyone who plays live. it just seems like you get > respect in this community (techno elitism included) if you DJ AND you > produce. or maybe i'm just a jealous whiney bitch. or maybe its the fact > that as live artists we just haven't given the crowd what they want. any > ideas?
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