http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/2008/05/14/who-needs-performers/ Aesthetics, Theory and Politics… Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:31:14 -0600 hourly 1 http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/2008/05/14/who-needs-performers/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Pre-recorded? So, what? | Music in Trains Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:01 +0000 http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/?p=5#comment-169 [...] I have written before in defense of live performers (“Who Needs Performers?”), I found the recent attacks on performers who used pre-recorded music rather lacking in substance. [...] [...] I have written before in defense of live performers (“Who Needs Performers?”), I found the recent attacks on performers who used pre-recorded music rather lacking in substance. [...]

]]> http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/2008/05/14/who-needs-performers/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Robert Lunn Fri, 16 May 2008 20:26:02 +0000 http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/?p=5#comment-2 I think performers are vital. It's one of the great things about music that you get multiple interpretations of the same piece. As a performer, live performance is exciting/scary because you never what's going to happen. The performance aspect allows the piece to breathe. I hope this makes since, I've got a child pulling on my leg while write this. Rob I think performers are vital. It’s one of the great things about music that you get multiple interpretations of the same piece. As a performer, live performance is exciting/scary because you never what’s going to happen. The performance aspect allows the piece to breathe. I hope this makes since, I’ve got a child pulling on my leg while write this.
Rob

]]> http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/2008/05/14/who-needs-performers/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Empiricus Thu, 15 May 2008 09:46:27 +0000 http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/?p=5#comment-1 As for a comment: YES, let's try to get performers into performing, with danger! I find it to be most rousing, as an audience member, when the performer is, in all senses of the word, engaged. Per my music, I try to get them to interact on a more personal level through notational contradictions/questions/anonmalies. It may not be exactly what you're doing, but I think it's the same sort of sentiment. Again, good luck! -Empiricus As for a comment: YES, let’s try to get performers into performing, with danger! I find it to be most rousing, as an audience member, when the performer is, in all senses of the word, engaged. Per my music, I try to get them to interact on a more personal level through notational contradictions/questions/anonmalies. It may not be exactly what you’re doing, but I think it’s the same sort of sentiment.
Again, good luck!
-Empiricus

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