--- On Wed, 6/22/11, Mathieu Bouchard <ma...@artengine.ca> wrote:
> From: Mathieu Bouchard <ma...@artengine.ca> > Subject: Re: [PD] Pd performance at TED > To: "Onyx Ashanti" <onyxasha...@gmail.com> > Cc: pd-list@iem.at > Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 5:08 PM > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Onyx Ashanti > wrote: > > > The thing is, nobody asks a violin player what he's > playing (as somebody mentioned a few messages ago, sorry for > the lack of proper quoting here), I believe, because these > traditional instruments are already within our culture, > > It's not just that, it's that the number of parameters is > limited. With computer music there is no way we can learn to > understand what's going on in the manner that we did with > traditional instruments, simply because it doesn't take many > variables at a same time to become confused, and with > computer music there are always more variables that can be > added to confuse the audience, and those variables can be > added and removed at any time. > > Every show is a potential opportunity to confuse the > experts about what's going on, more than it ever was. > > > but with electronic music, we're all a bunch of jilted > lovers because were are all so used to hearing amazing music > that was created in a very unexciting manner. what this > project is, currently, is "ok" sounding music, done in an > exciting manner (to me). thats why i looked so calm on the > TED video even though my effects wouldnt latch (assigned to > the extremes of the accelerometer range), because i had to > concentrate of multiple variables at once and no longer have > the distraction of "ease"...every performance is a strain > and it is the best feeling EVER! > > The audience has no idea what you wanted it to sound like, > so they have no way to measure your satisfaction other than > looking at how you seem to feel like. > > > when doing a DJ set or an ableton set, it is hard to > suck because its all pre-recorded...you can even put on a > song and go to the toilet. > > In the early days of the Pd Montréal users group (or > actually, before), there was that joke that the performer > could very well be checking his email while his music plays > on its own. We were talking about Pd, because one can also > use Pd in this manner. We were talking about the lack of > proof of the « liveness » of a performance. I'm assuming the music was interesting. I mean if it sucked, it's a moot point, isn't it? (Though still potentially a funny joke.) Anyway, I think you're way off base. Checking email while interesting music plays isn't a joke-- it is a canary in a mine. And as artists, I hope we're smart enough to know the difference between trying to resuscitate a dead canary and getting the hell out of the mine. -Jonathan > > > I love what girl talk does. he covers his laptop in > saran wrap to keep drinks from killing it, and he just has > everyone around him for the duration of his set. THAT is > the future. > > Doesn't that sound like the TopLap manifesto ? > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > | Mathieu Bouchard ---- tél: +1.514.383.3801 ---- > Villeray, Montréal, QC > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at > mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list