Re: [idm] Re: What do you expect from IDM musicians on stage?
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so do you see a distinction between composer and musician???
composer creates the music, musician performs it? isn't that right???
swamay wrote:
quoted 40 lines It takes musician/programmer (they are the same thing in electronic music)>
> It takes musician/programmer (they are the same thing in electronic music)
> to make these sequences and tones. It may be automated upon transmission,
> but had to be "made" or "programmed" Some lean more toward the programming
> side, step sequencing, and arpeggiators. But I am assuming there are alot
> of electronic "musicians" that actually play their synths like myself. I do
> not agree that musicianship is performance art. It is about making music,
> not being a performer. If you want to throw in a show, great! but be
> yourself, dont try to be what you are not on stage. Put your musician foot
> forward, play the synths, and edit your parameters live (you know who you
> are), and put your performance act on the shelf. :)
>
> ~swamay~
> www.mp3.com/swamay
> www.swamay.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Brown" <josh@undertone.com>
> To: "b. fagan" <benfagan@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
> Cc: "swamay" <swamay@home.com>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [idm] Re: What do you expect from IDM musicians on stage?
>
> > I agree wholehartedly.... most electronic musicians are really
> > composers, not musicians... musicianship is a performance art....
> > pressing play is not performance...
> >
> > Let's arrive at a definition of performance:
> >
> > My definition: Performance is when the majority of tones being heard
> > are caused directly by the performer on stage in real-time (not
> > sequenced) using whatever instrument he/she likes.
> >
> > Musician is a little different because, although all musicians are
> > performers, not all performers are musicians (for example DJs).
> >
> > Musicians: performers whose expertise is in manipulating raw musical
> > tones in real-time and who combine them to form original music by
> > playing an instrument.
> >
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