what ever happened to just going out to dance to some fucking loud music?! american audiences have such a problem with dancing... europeans dance to anything... even if there is no drum beat! i've spoken to both djs and artists about this and they are just baffled as to what's up with dancing in america. turn it up and dance funny... even if you don't have rhythm. i gotta deal bedroom producers and djs... now i got to deal with bedroom dancers too! aaarrrgggg!
alex
Jc105776@aol.com wrote: Okay, since I make electronic music, I'll make another point. Playing a
laptop show live, consists of hitting space bar on a software sequencer, and
turning some DSP effects on your laptop as the track progresses. Why is this
any different than hitting play on your CD player? How does this make it any
more live? Hitting play on a prerecorded piece of work and moving a mouse to
tweak some minor effects, and hitting play on your CD player/LP player to me
is the same damn thing. Why should I pay $10 to see this? I'd rather buy a
6-pack and stay at home and press space bar on *MY* laptop and write music.
If
you're going to a show to pick up chicks (or guys) and making a show a whole
social experience, kudos to you. I just like music, and I find these shows
COMPLETELY stupid.
It's not that I want to see a rock show...I go to see live music to see
another aspect of the music...something visual or at least a live
interpretation of the recorded work. Otherwise, music to me, is an purely
auditory experience. I never said I wanted some dudes rocking out. Rock
music these days is mostly full of shit, but I'll be the first to say that a
rock show is more interesting then a guy hitting space bar on a laptop and
moving a mouse. I'm not a huge matmos fan, but I'll say that I was pretty
impressed when I saw their show back in 99...why can't anybody else do
something else as interesting.
If they call this music "intelligent", then why aren't the shows
intelligently conceived?
-David
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