On 25/02/2008, Dave Griffiths <dave_at_pawfal.org> wrote:
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> So with b) it doesn't matter if the audience don't realise that they're
> being "livecoded at" - we can go back to playing mp3's and ableton live?
> :) I'm not saying that it definitively does matter, just that it feels
> like it should to me.
This is rapidly turning overly general but if you go to a warehouse that's
been squatted for the night to enjoy some music with a 1/1 time signature it
can be the highest achievement of a expert DJ when people forget who is
performing and stop caring about where he is.
To get back to the topic; if it's a great achievement for a DJ to mix in a
in-audible way we can also wonder if livecoding isn't in some way aspiring
to reach a stage where "livecoding" as a word becomes as meaningless as
"guitar-music".
I did spend one or two pleasant nights enjoying the technique of very good
DJ's playing very mediocre dance music by looking at their fingers, enjoying
the same performance in a different way from the people on the dance-floor.
I don't think it need be either-or.
Yours,
Kas.
Received on Mon Feb 25 2008 - 18:36:51 GMT