May I suggest. http://www.amazon.com/Liveness-Performance-Mediatized-Philip-Auslander/dp/0 415196906
pp On 6/22/11 11:08 AM, "Mathieu Bouchard" <[email protected]> wrote: >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 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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
