I realize that this has been discussed before, but there are MANY reasons
NOT to risk your @ss and play live.
Yes, us *musicians* and other musically-learned ppl might not appreciate a
"press play and go" approach, but honestly, the average boob (and promoter)
cares not a bit about how GOOD you are, but will care lots about how BAD you
are.. IE ppl soon forget a good performance, but will almost never forget a
bad one.
Its oftentimes not worth risking a mistake or a hardware hiccup to mess with
the mo-sheen while its doing its thing.
I do a combination: I usually have a recording setup on a puter to playback
audibly if needed, I have a hardware sequencer loaded with the midi files,
and I have the same midi files loaded on the puter too.
So, if ANYTHING goes belly-up or doesnt work as planned or I get ahold of
some bad stuff before the show (er, u know, drink too much beer or whatever)
, I can still play good and no one will know the diff! ;)
BTW, the audio playback method is so boring that I want to cry, but I have
needed to do it for a few songs before cuz someone messed with the mixing
board and one of my synths volumes was messed up and since no one was
watching the board, I ran over to the puter which was on a different channel
and faded in the volume before anyone knew what was up.. Not to mention too,
this gave me enough time to go get the derelict soundguy and rip him a few
new ones.
Unfortunately, this is overkill, but with the "quality" of *some* events, I
leave nothing to chance. Believe me, if you screw up, the ppl are going to
talk bad about YOU, not the promoter or who hired you no matter what kind of
proof you have to offer about how incompetent the support personnel were.
If getting ready for a show isnt hard work, you probably arent doing it
right and its only a matter of time before it gets the best of you.
Sure, some ppl are inherently lucky, but its not worth chancing it.
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Dustin Zahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: RM1x Pattern or Song mode?
> I plan to build my music in pattern mode, then arranging it into song
> mode for recording - but I'll keep the piece in pattern mode for live
> performance.
>
> Sonic Wallpaper
>
> Dude, why don't you just play it out live when you're recording? Give
people
> their money's worth.
> Dustin
> P.S. Just a thought
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: RM1x Pattern or Song mode?
>
>
> >
> >
> > Mark Holloway wrote:
> > >
> > > Are omst you writing your tunes in Pattern Mode or using Song mode?
> Just
> > > curious! If you are using pattern mode, why? Thanks!
> >
> >
> > Pattern... Because I'm focused on live performance than recording now.
> > Everyone and the grandma is making tracks these days... the only way to
> > stand out, in my eyes, is to take your music live :)
> >
> > Although - I'm not having the easiest time making the transition from
> > computer based sequencing to the hardware sequencing... I'm visual - so
> > it helps for me to see everything. I'm sure some of this came from the
> > years of using a computer sequencer...
> >
> > I plan to build my music in pattern mode, then arranging it into song
> > mode for recording - but I'll keep the piece in pattern mode for live
> > performance.
> >
> > Sonic Wallpaper
> > _______________________
> > http://www.sonicwallpaper.com
> > http://www.mp3.com/live
> > http://www.mp3.com/remixes
> > http://www.mp3.com/junglewarfare
> > http://www.mp3.com/sonicwallpaper
> > http://www.mp3.com/projectcathedral
> >
>
>
