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From: "Mike Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: RE: RE: [313] fuel to the fire : was "hawtin hawtin everywhere"
> Alan Kurzweil(former
ectronic
music, his last book "The Age Of Spiritual Machines" is an excellent read.
Sorry for yet another rant.
Take care,
Mike
From: "M Elliot-Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: RE: [313] fuel to the fire : was "hawtin hawtin everywh
Do you like the music? Then what the f~ck does it matter how they go about
bringing it to you.
then what's the point of playing live at all? If the performance side of a
live performance artist doesn't really matter, then all we should have to
bring is a DAT, plug it in to the main board,
That's my point, the reason a lot of electronic music producers do
lives is because people are used to go see live artists, and they >expect
performing skills.
People, in general, also expect the 'look' of someone performing (ie.
strumming the strings of a guitar, pressing down on the keys of
> >>so. To perform live I have to put everything in the computer (I'm not
moving
> >my whole studio) and the result is much worse than the original.
> >WHY DO IT THEN ?
That's my point, the reason a lot of electronic music producers do lives is
because people are used to go see live artists, and
Yikes!!! Less skill than pop huh? (or opera ) ...
..
>In other words, good thing about electronic music is that it comes from your
>heart and your mind right to the computer, with much less skill involved
>than, let's say, opera or pop.
>
>>so. To perform live I have to put everything in th