Okay, I'm going to be way to analytical here, and take what you've said out of context. But I think this is a perfect of example of how computers do at least as much harm as good.eeldip wrote:i think it is a question of information.
a guitarist simply puts out more information during a performance.
no offense taken. i would say, yes, sweat is information. when you watch a drummer, say damon from don caballero, his performance is a mixture of the sounds he is making by playing the drums (and grunts and so on), their interaction with the physical space, as well as a performance of his body. his excessive sweat is very much a part of his performance. his drums sound louder and better because of it. we hear with our ears, eyes, noses, brain, skin...bedbug wrote:
Information? Why does everything have to be reduced to ones and zeros? Is the sweat between a guitar players fingers and his pick "information?"
Just struck me as odd. No offence.
I prefer to call it "insperato."eeldip wrote:i would say, yes, sweat is information. when you watch a drummer, say damon from don caballero, his performance is a mixture of the sounds he is making by playing the drums (and grunts and so on), their interaction with the physical space, as well as a performance of his body.bedbug wrote:
Information? Why does everything have to be reduced to ones and zeros? Is the sweat between a guitar players fingers and his pick "information?"
I had to stop going to shows with one of my friends, because I'd ask him what he though of the band, and he'd say something like, "They're not gonna make it. The singer was wearing a jean jacket, and the bass player had a trucker's hat. And they all just stand there." I'm not into the image of a band, or how the performance is aside from sound quality. I actually find "uniforms" and exaggerated motions distracting. but then of course, most of the stuff i listen to, is stuff you listen to lying on your bed with headphones anyway.ottokbre wrote:so should the laptop artist twirl sticks too?
thats never made drummering sound any better, but hell, people THINK he's better.
i tend to think showmanship is for the jacksons. i go to shows to see the reinvention of music i already know, or new material all together, as in the way jazz artists reinvent standards. improvisation means a hell of a lot more to me than the way the guy bobs back and forth.
...or is that just me?
i guess what i'm saying is i'm not gonna be any more bored than i already am. your silver wig, and neon pants, jumping around like a monkey won't change anything...except my respect maybe.In terms of keyboards, I think of laptops being kinda like matching the rhythms and fingered-chord accompaniment on a Casio.newnumbers wrote:i disagree (also) with those who were saying that computers have no place on stage.
do you think keyboard instruments (besides the ones that look like guitars) also have no place?
essentially the player looks pretty much the same on keyboards and laptops.
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