quoted 13 lines All those are great ideas, but the key is that if they don't suit a person>
>All those are great ideas, but the key is that if they don't suit a person
>why should they change to entertain the audience in the KISS sense of
>entertainment. If that's what their goal is that's lovely, but that isn't
>the case for everyone. Which just goes back to the point I was trying to
>make that different people are pursuing different things, and some folks are
>not interested in pursuing the entertainment aesthetic by being goofy on
>stage, they're interested in making music and focusing on that live.
>
>Personally, I enjoy being goofy at times, but not in some overblown pre
>concieved sense. I'm not sure completely why, but I've pretty much decided
>at least at this point I want my music to move people not the act. But once
>again, if that's what you're wanting to do with your music, then good luck.
Personally, I think most of the music discussed on this list works best at
home, and unless you're going for the sole reason of dancing or mackin',
it's really nice to go see a show that has some interaction.
Perhaps it's just the shows I've seen, but most of the time, the music's
too loud to just enjoy, there's too much distortion from bad sound guys,
and the guys on stage are just absorbed in making tracks that don't sound
very good over the soundsystem. I'd feel much more "involved" if the
people on stage were at least looking at the audience sometimes.
Big things like raves where you don't even see the dj/performer are fine,
cos most of the time you just want solid tunes, and don't really care who's
making them. But when I go to *see* someone, especially at a small venue,
I would really like to *see* something. Otherwise I'd just look for a boot
and play it at home. It's not like the idm crowd is the most friendliest
of people in social situations (he he he).
I'm going to see Cex here on the 19th, and I've never heard his music
before. But I know he at least *tries* to interact a little with the
audience, which will be a *huge* breath of fresh air from the normal
humdrum of electronic acts that have come through the Cities lately.
cheers,
/derek
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