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Mark
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Date:
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:40:36 -0800
Subject:
(idm) Live shows
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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
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