I'd rather see a live show anyday no matter what the performer is doing - I
enjoy just seeing the artist in person. But I have to admit there is plenty
of room for improvement.
I saw muziq/vibert & cole in SF a week or two ago. While I enjoyed muziq's
music more, vibert & cole were far more interesting just because of the
presence of a live instrument. Muziq also stood 15 or 20 feet away from the
crowd, so it was hard to see the small things he was doing.
Both were terribly boring in comparison to the two best performances that
I've seen, which were by an industrial band (Babyland) and a punk band
(NoMeansNo) - neither involved costumes or running around being an ass.
I've seen some excellent jazz performances and they will often bring out
weird instruments that they don't normally play to create some interest.
I'd have to say improvisation is the key thing that could make shows better.
There is some interesting work being done in the computer music field (see
http://www.ircam.fr and
http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu ) in terms of creating
instruments that are better suited to performing entire electronic
compositions.
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