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2001-04-24 19:17Andrew Waggonerhey all... i just joined the list. after friends forwarding me relevant info for a while n

From:: Andrew Waggoner <awaggoner@kineticmagazine.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:17:24 -0700
Subject:: [idm] laptop rockers...

hey all... i just joined the list. after friends forwarding me relevant info for a while now, i figured that it was high time to join in the fun. as far as the laptop rocker discussion, i'm sure this argument has come up time and time again, but here's my two pence: i have to side with the "i paid money to get in here, so make it worth my while" argument. without starting a big brouhaha, as someone who gets on stage in front of people and as someone who has seen more shows than he cares to think about, i think a good live show separates the masses. it doesn't take much more than creativity to put on a good show. this post about this twine show puts it in good perspective. a video done by a friend projected made for a more intense experience. simple, but effective.

quoted 11 lines From: friluftsliv <boonec@kenyon.edu>

>From: friluftsliv <boonec@kenyon.edu> >Subject: .twine/fusaichi.review [4.21.01] > >greg sat in the corner of the stage, huddled over his laptop, while most >people's focus was drawn to the video projections on the wall behind him. >it was a tape created by a friend of his (whose name i've completely >forgotten) --- and it was beautiful: flitting black and white looped >sequences, sometimes heavily distorted and abstracted, sometimes >fairly clear and (seemingly) unaltered. the visuals fit the audio quite well. >even though the tape was created separately, the music was often >perfectly in sync with the video.

granted, the balance between good show and good music tends to fall towards one or the other at the independent level, but if you can strike the balance between the two, trust me, everyone will be much happier. cheers, andrew np: the hum from my powerbook's hard drive. and a helicopter that just passed over. -- Andrew Waggoner publisher/senior editor kineticmagazine.com 8581 Santa Monica Blvd. #461 Los Angeles, CA 90069 p: 310.927.4906 f: 310.289.5953 e: awaggoner@kineticmagazine.com w: http://www.kineticmagazine.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-04-24 20:41Peter SchrockSee, now I think that as HIGH maintenance we all are when it comes to music (cause that is

From:: Peter Schrock <pachinko74@mac.com>
To:: anyone and everyone and <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:41:13 -0800
Subject:: Re: [idm] laptop rockers...
Reply to:: [idm] laptop rockers...

See, now I think that as HIGH maintenance we all are when it comes to music (cause that is why we listen to IDM, at least I do), you would think we would try to learn how to overcome that. Use your own imagination, be creative, I see nothing wrong with a performer expecting the audience to do that. Performances long ago use to consist of just a person standing in front of an audience where nothing happened except the they would sing, or they would play a piano, or they would play an acoustic guitar, while nothing else happened. What happened to our society that we have become so demanding. If that is the case, do we really like the artist for their music, do we really pay to see them perform, or do we like/pay to see how they can entertain us? I don't know, just a thought on 4/24/01 11:17 AM, Andrew Waggoner at awaggoner@kineticmagazine.com wrote:

quoted 15 lines hey all...

> hey all... > > i just joined the list. after friends forwarding me relevant info for > a while now, i figured that it was high time to join in the fun. > > as far as the laptop rocker discussion, i'm sure this argument has > come up time and time again, but here's my two pence: i have to side > with the "i paid money to get in here, so make it worth my while" > argument. without starting a big brouhaha, as someone who gets on > stage in front of people and as someone who has seen more shows than > he cares to think about, i think a good live show separates the > masses. it doesn't take much more than creativity to put on a good > show. this post about this twine show puts it in good perspective. a > video done by a friend projected made for a more intense experience. > simple, but effective.

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