Hi,
quoted 14 lines my question: do you agree? it's my feeling that, the above described>my question: do you agree? it's my feeling that, the above described
>scenario being the case, the chemical brothers represent an unfortunate
>(and unfortunately early) example of not trying very hard, and that had
>people known that the "performance" they were paying $15 to by entertained
>by was actually just theater (and, i would argue, not very interesting
>theater at that), that they would (the few individuals he spoke with
>notwithstanding) feel deceived and somewhat cheated. his opinion is that
>music "performance," from the image that supports it to the spectacle that
>feeds the continuous circulation and mythologization of that image, is
>constituted from top to bottom by deceptions, and that actual _live_
>performance is a comparatively small and (where entertainment value is
>concerned) largely incidental part of that... i'm not asking for anyone to
>solve this argument, but i would be interested in the impressions of those
>who actually attended.
Owning a record label and having artists on my label play live at album
launches, raves and other parties i've put on i'd say that the average
punter is there to hear quality music that makes them want to dance. To this
effect they don't neccessarily care if it comes from DAT, is played live or
a mixture of both.
That's the observation out of the way... now from the perspective of the
performers it is impossible to take your whole studio on the road with you
when you gig. To this effect dat backing tapes are heavily used, and in one
case we had the artist play every alternate track live and then in between
was a dat track, will his sequencer loaded up the next live track.
Also you mention that when the DAT spewed they were caught short-handed,
same happens live... Plaid when they were supporting Bjork on her tour
downunder had problems with their Waldorf Microwave, which unfortunately was
the master keyboard so for the 1st 20mins of their set it sounded like a
drum machine, with rhythm backing, probably from dat. :)
Personally I like to see live performances, but when it comes down to the
crunch i'm quite prepared to listen to a dat, as long as it makes me dance.
In fact one of the best nights i've been to was the Rephlex night which only
had one live act... probably from dat and DJ's with turntables & dats. The
music was insane!
Hope that helps.
Regards,
John
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