On 06/01/2010 02:25 PM, Paul Davis wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:18 AM, drew Roberts <zotz@xxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:zotz@xxxxxxxxxxx>> 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
