30 Jun
2009
30 Jun
'09
4:21 a.m.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:24:56AM +0200, Peder Hedlund wrote:
Quoting Paul Davis
<paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com>om>:
"We're Beatrice" (a tagline from a 1970's-era American corporate TV
commercial, uttered by Ike Willis constantly on the 1988 tour)... "and crack
everybody up".
IIRC, I think Zappa concluded that, minus all the BS, he'd choose the Synclavier.
-ken
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM,
nescivi<nescivi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
so much contemporary music is all based entirely
"in the head" because you simply don't need a body to play it - in
some cases, a body *cannot* play it! its not the virtuosic skill that
goes missing - i can live without that. what we lose is the
kinesthetic experience that lends extra meaning, direction and ideas
to a performer/composer's work, even without them being particularly
aware of it.
To quote (from memory) Frank Zappa when asked if he preferred the
Synclavier or the live band :
"On one hand the machine doesn't get hungover or bored and plays every
note exactly as written. On the other hand it doesn't say 'We're
Ethel' at exactly the "wrong" time..."