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> On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:04 +0000, Dave Griffiths wrote:
>> I suppose my feeling is that livecoding is more than about music - and
>> this forces it into a music maker's shaped box, i.e. an instrumental
>> technique purely for generating audio. I see it more as some kind of
>> performance art of it's own right.
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> I think this is the general case with music. A big part of hearing a
> skilled performer make music is watching them do so. You even get
> dancers on stage next to the musicians, who aren't even making any
> sounds, only gestures... They're still part of the musical performance
> and so in a broad sense are making music... So we agree I think but I
> am using the term 'music' to include the performance as a whole, which
> you describe as 'extra' to the music.
But aren't you saying that people don't need to look at livecoders, or
what they are doing - that they should "stand behind the audience"? Or
have I got the wrong end of the stick?
I'd like to get as much of this extra stuff as possible - for me it's even
more important than the audio. Livecoding needs more stage dancers too.
cheers,
dave
Received on Mon Feb 25 2008 - 15:37:33 GMT