Okay, first: I don't get out much, so I've never seen anybody play this generation of Command Stations/beatboxes/whatever in a performance. Laurie Anderson's show last year was the first I'd attended since Lollapalooza II. (In that one, Ministry seemed to use all live players -- at least 6. It was a grand sound, by the way.) Laurie Anderson used pre-recorded sound, but I think that was just triggering a whole digital track per number. But in her notes, she called what she was doing dj-ing. I know this generation of gizmos can be improvised with, live. Normally, I think of my Korg ES-1 when I think of that, but especially now that 2.0 is here for the Command Station, one can mess it up incredibly. (I mean "mess it up" in a GOOD way.) But what's it called? I feel sheepish about calling it "Playing," since my keyboard technique is pretty crappy. And if it's dj-ing, then what's expected of the performer? I normally think of djs using recognizable stuff from records or other sample media, so I don't know what the audience would be expecting from an EMU dj. Anybody out there feel like describing a live gig with this thing? --- * just-john@... http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml *
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What is operating this thing live CALLED?
2003-04-09 by just john