quoted 5 lines Is there REALLY a need to have people on a stage? Couldn't they just as>Is there REALLY a need to have people on a stage? Couldn't they just as
>easily be located in the DJ booth? I feel that if we removed the visual
>focus presented by having performers on a stage, the audience will focus
>more on 1) each other and how everyone is connected and 2) the music and
>how it is affecting them.
There are some performers who are shows in themselves. Unfortunately, the
only example I can think of this right now is Al Jourgenson. Get one
drugged up, drunk bastard on the stage who likes to be spit upon while he
physically tries to beat up audience members who get too close and there's
bound to be high entertainment value. Stiv Bators is also a good example,
but he's dead.
I think if someone does manage to marry intelligent techno with a
charismatic performance (ie: they don't need lights for a good show), then
they'll be the next "big thing". Someone simply running sequences while
*sweating* out decent rhythms by hand is something I'd like to see. Wait a
sec, that's MBM.