If it's all about brilliant live improv, King Crimson is my band. IRM i guess.
brilliant live stuff. Makes my head explode.
-mark
woo wrote:
quoted 25 lines I'd rather see a live show anyday no matter what the performer is doing - I
> I'd rather see a live show anyday no matter what the performer is doing - I
> enjoy just seeing the artist in person. But I have to admit there is plenty
> of room for improvement.
>
> I saw muziq/vibert & cole in SF a week or two ago. While I enjoyed muziq's
> music more, vibert & cole were far more interesting just because of the
> presence of a live instrument. Muziq also stood 15 or 20 feet away from the
> crowd, so it was hard to see the small things he was doing.
>
> Both were terribly boring in comparison to the two best performances that
> I've seen, which were by an industrial band (Babyland) and a punk band
> (NoMeansNo) - neither involved costumes or running around being an ass.
>
> I've seen some excellent jazz performances and they will often bring out
> weird instruments that they don't normally play to create some interest.
>
> I'd have to say improvisation is the key thing that could make shows better.
> There is some interesting work being done in the computer music field (see
> http://www.ircam.fr and http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu ) in terms of creating
> instruments that are better suited to performing entire electronic
> compositions.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org