Peter, you said that "It's performance, now" A rave is a participatory thing, its an all night dance party this sint a performance as such, its more a space to feel and experience and meet people.
I dont believe that its all performance, a cd isnt a performance, niether is a videoclip, definately when it touches me to the point where i am involved. Infact, i think the idea that it is all performance leads us back to the difficulty i have of churches trying to become more interesting or entertaining when i think they need to become authentic rather than attractive. Chuck a huge band to lead the songs in a church service and quite often you've lost me already. Worship and music is much more than a performance, perhaps the generations experience things differently. Way back when, the people used to gather round a fire and tell stories, we dont do much of that anymore... perhaps that faded out with generations. Its not about performance, its about integrity, experience, touching points... On other matters, its extremely hard for a kid to drive with his parent, music can provide a bit of relaxation or distraction... perhaps the tapping made him even more aware of your presence and made him nervy. When i did my lessons the instructor wouldnt let me have a radio on, its too distracting. Of course, nowdays i can have 3 conversations, listen to music and eat a m&m whilst driving... it all comes with experience. My point here is that its about situations too, theres a time and a space for everything, (mind you if my dad starts singing in the car im jumping out the window heh heh). If we provide a space where the music touches then thats cool, music wont work everywhere and we wont all sing. we're not all australian idols :) Cheers again Darren --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 21/11/03 ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
