My appreciation for Korn is summarized in the first minute of that video. It's all about the energy, because the guitars are dissonant and ... I think you all get the picture. The "Lowrider" cover was cute too.
haha you don't have to justify yourself my man, I'm just laughing because it takes me back to a much younger and angsty time period in my life!
I went and saw some trance and this guy was zoned out just turning knobs every once in a while rocking back and forth, and occasionally meekly saying "...are you ready?" like he knew what he was supposed to say but just didn't have his heart in it. So that particular show was VERY boring, good tunes but a party...there was not
i dunno i'm just ranting like a barking dog at this point but i love this kinda stuff
edit: also Girl Posse those posts weren't directed towards you but just an assessment of this thread's topic overall, I think you pretty much nailed the good points with this right here:
Girl Posse wrote:
(but who is to say what is performance and what is not right?)
And I mean even if the artist doesn't play any instrument, is that really so bad? Some of the best music out there IMO is composed by people who don't play any instruments not because they can't but because they aren't even interested at the time. I don't think it really makes any difference.
Don't get me wrong, I also think playing an instrument can really help you learn some music basics of chords, melody, rhythm, and phrasing. But I'm never going to look down on a live show just because of how it was put together. My assessment of a live performance is always after the fact: whether or not I enjoyed myself as a whole and more importantly-as an audience member enjoying some live music. My definition of "live" in the live music realm may be more liberal than most in this case, but I'm okay with that. Write music, be confident in your product, enjoy the honor of playing in front of people in the first place and I think your live show will work itself out over time. Experiment with things and use trial and error. I'm still attempting to practice all of these concepts day by day and I must say, it's the most exciting part of all of this. I really hope that my live show will hone itself to extremely solid standards and for me that will only come by experience rather than a preset lineup of gear that I will bring with me onstage. Ya dig?
IMO, really the only people that care about this stuff are fellow musicians. But if everyone is having a great time, then the live show is a success regardless of how you did it. You can play an instrument but if you have horrible stage presence/crowd interaction, I think someone with just a laptop could really show you up by amping the crowd. I also think sometimes not having a direct instrument almost forces you to interact with the crowd more because you don't have an instrument to hide behind. What really bothers me though is the direct assumption that some people have (non-electronic musicians are especially bad offenders here) where just because they see someone performing electronic music live with only electronic devices they almost assume that the artist is incapable of playing an instrument and this somehow doesn't give the live music validation. Total BS IMO. Don't cater to musicians.
I like live instrumentation but if you're confident enough in your product you definitely can rock just LSDJ by itself or laptop + controllers, this may be something I would like to gravitate towards in the future because touring and playing out with a lot of gear can be a huge hassle especially for a solo performer like myself
Definitely been listening to this on the bus all week, it's a great release. I will say though that the demo song you posted here is very misleading as < 1% of the sounds on here have anything to do with chip-but you warned about that in the original post. Either way, I'm definitely into this. Favorite track was Clouds, by far.
