Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I agree, "Live P.A." [public address?) is a pretty lame name for 
what should just simply be called performing. The distinction 
between playing a keyboard and doing a little of that and trigger 
loops and sequences to only triggering loops and sequences (whether 
improved or not--hey, beethoven and most rock isn't improved either) 
is all performing a show as far as I am concerned. 

I prefers saying I am playing a show than anything else, no matter 
what my role in the band, i.e. tradition keys, or full on button 
pressing.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, <biz@g...> wrote:
> Most gigs I have done, I've been on the bill as 'Live P.A.'
> 
> I have no idea what the P.A. stands for. Personal Address system? 
However, it seems to be the nomer that is usually used for this kind 
of stuff, at least in the bay area.
> 
> I usually try to get billed as 'live electronica', though I am 
usually running more than the xl-7 - usually looping other 
instruments too...
> 
> bIz
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: just john 
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 5:43 PM
>   Subject: [xl7] What is operating this thing live CALLED?
> 
> 
>   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@j...  http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml *
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