Che wrote:
quoted 10 lines Maybe someone out there knows a Buddy Rich type who can "play" drumNbass> Maybe someone out there knows a Buddy Rich type who can "play" drumNbass
> for two hours at a time? I don't think so. Anyway, the timing wouldn't
> be precise enough.
>
> Playing "live" is increasingly loozing its meaning. So what if the
> "artist" plays a DAT, so long as it's something that you haven't heard
> before and the bass is orders of magnitude louder than you can get at
> home and you're dancing w/ people who are also enjoying the music? Is
> there some sort of majickal aura about a person placing their hands on a
> keyboard and playing "live"? What if its a mixingboard?
I think that Uwe Schmidt (Atom Heart) has the right idea for his setup - he
uses some kind of Akai multitrack unit or sampler with material prepared in
advance and then "mixes" the different elements of the tracks live. Then in
between songs he has a CD with interlude-type material which he plays while
he loads the next sequence on his machine. It seems to be an ideal solution
for someone who doesn't want to bring all of their gear along to gigs but
wants to be more creative than just playing a DAT.
This would work really well for drum&bass - you could have the keyboard parts
sequenced and then just mix in different beats as you go.
GD