Re: Campaign: "The most remarkable album on this entire planet"

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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
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