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From: "J. T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>i guess i never got over the part where laptops became accepted
parts of
>performance.
>zzzzzzzzz
>
>yuck. how excited can you get watching somebody stare straight
ahead at a
>screen clicking a button -- im not arguing anything crazy like
its not
>really playing "live", it's just really really boring as far as
performances
>go
its not like watching someone put a record on a turntable and then
play with the pitch until it plays at the same tempo as the other
record is the epitome of excitement (theo parrish and titonton are
notable exceptions : ). i dont see why the physical movement of
the artist is what makes you get into the music. it should be the
music that moves you.
>i also dont know what to think of this whole automatic perfect
beatmatching
>thing. less and less human...
>
>the whole process of performing less and less physical,
tangible...more
>complicated, cerebral, expensive, elite...
the expensive part is just due to the new nature of the
technology. look at synthesizers: "real" musicians said things
much like "less and less physical, tangible...more
>complicated, cerebral, expensive, elite" when synths came out.
then 15 years later once synths were cheap and abuseable, the
chicago and detroit cats took them and made the music that made
you join this list. and now youre taking the same attitude as the
old "real" musicians that criticized synths........
tom
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