Re: Okay, let's get philosophical: Performance Theory time

[matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias)]

>No offense to David Jaffe, but for one of his performances, he just popped
>in a tape and we had to sit there and listen to it.  To me this was not
>as interesting as watching him on MIDI violin and his partner on Radio 
>Drum
>wreaking computer-enhanced electronic havoc.  I guess I'm of the old 
>school
>mentality where I expect from a live performance certain elements that 
>can't
>be gotten from listening to the same piece from some recording.

I consider music a magical act ritual a recording thus is just a
documentation about it. The difference is as big as between traveling and
watching documentarys about other places on TV.

Matthias