a couple of things in support Atomly's point:
1. A *lot* of laptop performances are not fake. A G3 with a MIDI fader box (like
the peavey) will do wonders for on the fly knob twiddling. Can anyone say
Pluggo's MIDI to modulation?Fun fun fun!
2. To tell you the truth, and I could be totally alone on this, is that I don't
really care if the set is presequenced. A lot of the music we all love
(Funkstroung and Ae are but 2 of many) is the result of laborious and anal studio
editing. Improvised stuff is cool, and any person who can carry a vibe for 1+
hours this way gets props but it runs the risk of turning into directionless
noodling. I have seen Ae play, they were pretty wicked, but the stuff was nowhere
near as dialed as they usually are (for reasons stated above). And I have heard
enough bootleg live Ae stuff to think the time I saw them was not a fluke. I saw
Jake Mandell a couple weeks back and being a big fan I was dismayed to hear what
I considered a meandering an ultimatley boring set. I have also seen Richard
Devine play a few times and I couldn't tell if it was premade or on the fly. I
suspect somewhere in the middle. But is was really gnarly. Total aggressive
dancefloor abstractions. He had the place rocking. I mean sure one should give
the artist some leaway (sp) in this regard, and I don't mean to discount anyone's
efforts no matter what process they choose, but who's kidding who, no matter what
'serious face' they are pulling off we know there is the potential for it to be
purely pre-made. And I don't mind. I think we have to get rid of this whole
rocknroll paradigm of standing in front of the stage staring at someone
altogether...
ciao
Nate
atomly wrote:
quoted 26 lines On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 08:00:01PM +0100, alexander rozet wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 08:00:01PM +0100, alexander rozet wrote:
> > that's still doesn't mean it have to be played this way. i mean all this
> > "live laptop" performance is FUCKING FAKE!!! those live laptop artists stand
> > there with a very serious face , like they're doing something important. and
> > actually they don't do much
>
> I am glad that you have assumed the much needed role of authority on
> everything.
>
> Not ever laptop performance is "FUCKING FAKE," as you put it.
> Admittedly, many of them are (my first two or three were, in fact), but
> as I said in a previous mail, I've seen a lot of people do totally live
> performances with laptops. I'd say that laptop performances are, on the
> whole, as live as any other live PA. I've seen a lot of people actually
> do live performances with gear, but I've seen a lot of them click play
> on their sequencers as well.
>
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