1 Jun
2010
1 Jun
'10
3:18 p.m.
On 06/01/2010 02:25 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:18 AM, drew Roberts <zotz(a)100jamz.com
<mailto:zotz@100jamz.com>> wrote:
I am not so sure about that. If you have a following, your fans may
still want
to come to a show where all you do is play your music for them from
a CD or
whatever and talk about it with them. Think about an independent
filmmaker
screening their new film. They may very well value your time and
interaction
with them enough to pay for a concert.
case in point: steve roach, an ambient electronic musician (of prolific
output) is someone who i will generally no longer go and see live,
because his pieces are impossible to perform live. he ends up mostly
just running a mixing desk and adding a layer from time time. even in
context of st. mary's church in philadelphia, where you can lie on the
floor and zone out, its really just not worth my time - i get a better
experience listening to mr roach at home (in bed, or in the
studio/office - ardour owes a lot to him).
however, on one occasion he did a show here in philadelphia at st.
mary's where there was a Q&A session, and i absolutely went to it. it
was great. i even put the "its not worth me seeing you live" perspective
to him, and he was very understanding :)
--p
Another example would be Henry Rollins who is more successful nowadays
talking about his music instead of performing his music.
Jeremy