Re: [idm] monkey performing circus/my brain is BIGGER/
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Uh,
Negativity breeds negativity.
I'll AGREE to disagree with everything you say...from plumbers...to live
act...
l8rs
concrete cookie
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Millar <tmillar@comcast.net>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] monkey performing circus/my brain is BIGGER/
quoted 2 lines What's the point of labeling music as being better or worse based on the>
> > What's the point of labeling music as being better or worse based on the
way
quoted 1 line its performed BEFORE YOU HEAR IT? (i.e. how can you assume that all> > its performed BEFORE YOU HEAR IT? (i.e. how can you assume that all
dj's
quoted 6 lines are worse than 'live' performer right off the bat?)> > are worse than 'live' performer right off the bat?)
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> I heard most DJs get their start as plumbers.
>
> Uh, and I can DJ mp3s for myself at home, I think that was the point. With
> the right equipment you can also make laptop music for yourself at home.
The
quoted 12 lines nature of the PERFORMANCE is what you PAY MONEY to SEE.> nature of the PERFORMANCE is what you PAY MONEY to SEE.
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> If I rented a big PA system, video mixer + projector, and paid two skinny
> guys with brown hair to sit behind a rack of gear with a computer, I could
> charge most of the people on this list $15 a pop to see any number of IDM
> acts. And rave about it later.
> Just load the laptop with the appropriate tracks and fade between a few
> screensavers for visual counterpoint.
>
> Maybe I shouldn't have told you all that.
>
> > Reality is, its a new medium...new instruments...new way to "perform"
and
quoted 1 line there will always be people resisting it the way they resisted rock and> > there will always be people resisting it the way they resisted rock and
roll
quoted 18 lines and later digital music and photography.> > and later digital music and photography.
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> Uh, digital photography? From the planet where? With what kind of cheese?
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> Why does everybody on this list think that all they have to do to win an
> argument is label the opposition as reactionary?
>
> Tom
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