I keep hearing about the lack of support for live performances of
IDM... and I wonder how true this is. I for one, would go out to watch
it if I knew it was around. Also, I love playing live. What is it that
keeps people from going to see live elctronic music (other than at
parties)?
About all this talking about commercials and IDM and Dn'B and whether
it is mainstream or not, blahblahblah... I think part of the problem is
that people (general generic "normal" people) have a hard time with
instrumental music in general. People need to have the feelings of a
song jammed down their throats with words, rather than appreciating the
subtlety of just listening to the music. Electronic music rarely
reaches the general public unless it has somone singing over it (ala
cher, madona, ace of bass), or unless it has some image placed over it
(ala the heavy use of it in commercials, tv, movies, etc...)
Maybe the lack of live music (IDM) also has to do with this. Many
people are not content to just sit and listen to the music... they need
to be stimulated visually too... this is sort of sad to me... I mean,
it is meant to be listened to, so what's the problem? I would have no
problem going to a show of electronic music, where everyone just sits
in chairs (or couches maybe?) and appreciates the sounds, and that's
it. No light show, etc... I mean, you sit and listen to it at home, so
why wouldn't you go see it live? Perhaps if it was exact copies of
music you already have recordings of, this would not be exciting, but
if I'm not mistaken, don't most people who do live electronic music do
it semi-improvised at least, and usually play new/different material,
or at least different versions?
-Andy!
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