well you're there for the music, not to watch anyone do anything. its annoying to have people stare at you during a set, you're just there to provide the music.
imo of course. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 4:11 PM Subject: Re: (313) Waveless DJing > 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 (unless you got some other stuff going on up there too). i see people > staring at laptops everyday, how am i supposed to go out at night and get > excited by that. i make music and understand they're probably doing lotsa > stuff, i dont care it's still nothing to look at. it's nothing new, but the > more and more i see it the more boring and samey and mystical (whats on that > screen?) electronic music performance seems to be. i see it as a really > negative trend, as convenient etc as they are for performers... > > 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... > > i know there are lots of tech-savvy people on here who dont agree at all, > thats ok... > > jt > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
