From Kreig.Zimmerman Sent Fri, Aug 7th 1998, 15:50
From Kreig.Zimmerman Sent Fri, Aug 7th 1998, 15:50
Look, Greyrose, before you tear me a new asshole, why don't you
re-read the below:
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
> band itself. Now I'm no fan of bands that do verbatim renditions of >
recorded material, I find that fairly uninteresting in itself. But
> the Orb is a good example of an electronic group that manages to remix >
their songs for live performance, making them new and exciting, yet
> keeping them recognizable at the same time. Yet Autechre seems to
I already said, I _love_ improvisation. I mention the Orb as a group
that does a good job of improvising live. But I don't see the point
of improvising a track out of existence. OK?
Call it "foolish", but I really don't need to hear that same old
tired-ass "listen to the CD loud dude" argument. I didn't ask the
band to play the same exact track. I'm just saying that their
improvisation leaves one confused when one had expected to hear at
least a friggin melody or two one recognized.
I'm done now.
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Subject: Re: (idm) RE: AE in Vancouver
Author: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx at SMTP
Date: 8/6/98 5:19 PM
This has to be one of the most foolish things I've ever read. Do
others here actually feel this way? Are we so very, very addicted to
DAT?
What exactly do you think live performance is _supposed_ to be? Have
you ever seen live improvisation? Did you think that to be pointless,
as well? Do you think a person playing an instrument
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eo, waiting for _her_ turn to see autechre.
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