--- Thomas Millar <tmillar@comcast.net> wrote:
quoted 6 lines At least pretend you give a shit about the crowd and
> At least pretend you give a shit about the crowd and
> the music that you're
> 'performing'. I pay good money and I expect to get
> it back in
> effort/charisma on the part of the artist(s). No
> matter the genre.
ok... i didn't want to contribute to this thread
but here goes nothing.
ok... thomas (and all other haterz), you're going
to a show to see a musician. the musicians obligation
ends after he/she gives you music. you see, that's
what a musician does, makes, presents, and performs
(in
whatever fashion he/she may choose) the music.
when you have a plumber come to fix your plumbing and
*gasp* all he does is fix your plumbing, do you find
yourself saying, "well, that wasn't very interesting.
i don't feel like i got my money's worth. i expected
i'd get my money back with a charismatic display of
his skills."
no, you don't. because you're not /that/ crazy.
so, if you don't find yourself enjoying laptop shows,
all you have to do is not go to them... all of you
people who say "i could have just sat at home and
listened to the cd", that's great, maybe you should do
that so we don't have to listen to your whining about
it.
if you really want to get all the bang you can get
for your buck, go to the circus...
music made on a computer often must be performed on
a computer...
here's an exercise i want you to try:
sit your family, friends and neighbors near your
computer, now do stuff with your computer while
trying to amuse your audience.
it didn't work, did it?
you don't have to stare at the stage.
gregory
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