Den Tuesday 23 June 2009 16.23.47 skrev Dave Phillips: > Paul Davis 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. > > Recently my fears re: this "discorporealization" have been allayed. A > local festival is going to have a Guitar Hero contest in lieu of an > actual contest for guitar players. > > Well, one part of me says "Thank goodness". ;) :-))) I recently saw a documentary on Swedish Television about the Air Guitar World Championships. I got exactly the same feeling. But hey. It's art. Or I'm just getting old ;) /bengan _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
