On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 03:41:13PM -0400, donna summer wrote:
quoted 10 lines Hello,> Hello,
> Also played a laptop show last night but people seemed to dig it. One thing
> I've learned is that, if you're into you're own music - and it compells you
> to move- then people will generally do the same, or at least enjoy watching
> you more. When I play, I fucking freakout because I like what I do. It's
> for me, and if others want to rock out, then they can.
>
> A lame laptop show is just as bad as a lame metal band with explosives (ok,
> maybe not...) but my point is that a bad show will alwyas be bad whatever
> the category.
I don't think a laptop is going to be lame because it is a laptop show. I saw
Oval, just standing behind his computer, and it was a great "performance".
Farmers Manual, who I love on record, were a great disapointment, however the
setting was almost identical. A laptop show does not mean *no* setting, for
instance when Fennesz/O'Rourke/Rehberg played in Paris, there was a very
interesting -- and minimal -- stage setting (a large, bare desk, and the three
guys standing behind it playing their laptop).
One interesting thing is that "live performace", as in a bunch of guys rocking
out on stage, does not necessarily mean fresh performance. A few months ago,
Michael Northam played a piece which had been made the previous week, I find
this more spontaneous than a rock band playing the same tunes over and over
every night for weeks on end...
Julien
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