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

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>Where's this at?  You didn't mention the city!
>

Doh! San Francisco.

>Don't sweat it man, opening spots can be moer fun sometimes as there's no
one there to >btich about what you're playing, ie play what you want! A
great time to peep b-sides on
>the big system, sometimes those never played tracks have new life at high
volumes!  >Besides, it's just plain fun hearing your music/records on a
large system.  I'll never forget >the first time I dropped a needle on one
of my favorite tracks at a large club.  The bass >kicks in and you can feel
it in your whole body, mmmm!  Best of luck!

At this point, I'm playing any place, any time for anyone. Besides, once I'm
behind the knobs and all wired up, I'm only vaguely aware of anyone else's
existence :> Absorbed - to a fault...

I'm surely very boring to watch - I barely look up from what I am doing all
the time I'm on stage - lean over the xl-7 twiddling knobs, shuffle around
the foot pedals to loop stuff, and diddle in solos and the basslines, but
basicly keep to myself. Probably a lot more interesting than just using the
xl-7, or placing vinyl on a turntable, but it seems like people  expect
something more visual from >live< entertainment as opposed to the
needle-drop kind. Anyone got any suggestions, other than aquiring a
frontperson to squawk and wiggle their butt for the crowd?

bIz

--- In xl7@y..., "Jonathan El-Bizri" <sserendipity@n...> wrote:
> 
> >> At this point, I'm playing any place, any time for anyone. 
Besides, once I'm
> behind the knobs and all wired up, I'm only vaguely aware of anyone 
else's
> existence :> Absorbed - to a fault...
> 
it seems like people  expect
> something more visual from >live< entertainment as opposed to the
> needle-drop kind. Anyone got any suggestions, other than aquiring a
> frontperson to squawk and wiggle their butt for the crowd?
> 
> bIz

Ah, the times we're in. People expect to be entertained as if they 
were sitting in their reserved seats at a [...] instead of dancing 
their butts off.
The ante has been raised by the DJ guys with the mega-buck light 
shows, and some who have their own dancers/groupies.What to do?
Consider your venue man.Is it a CLUB where people go to dance!?
They (the club)should have/provide adequate "distractions" for the 
bench-warmers and cruisers.Lights/lazers/smoke/disco-balls etc.

"clubbers" find their groove,and appreciate the groovemeisters ability
to get them there,keep them there, and move them into a gelatinous 
mass of rhythmic euphoria they've never experienced, or have 
forgotten...

There are more gearheads than ever!!

Play with your toys man..

Your audience will find you.

best,
g.