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RE: pop v avant jambands etc.


well said.




>From: "samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: pop v avant jambands etc.
>Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:17:47 -0800
>
>   I think there's a false polarity in the distinction between popular 
>and 
>Art. Sure it's enacted everyday in the marketplace,but it;s not the only 
>possibility.The Beatles and Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix,Some would 
>perhaps 
>put Radiohead,or Beck here, all had huge popular success and did things 
>that were truly experimental.I am the Walrus was played on a.m. radio.All 
>of 'em employed superficial gimmicks to get noticed,and delivered the 
>goods 
>once the were noticed   The jamband scene is really ripe ,it's an 
>audience 
>that expects musicians to take chances and try to go somewhere 
>unexpected,and they listen.If their ears can be a bit unsophisticated it 
>need not be an obstacle,one needs only to provide them a way in.For 
>instance by starting simple and developing in stages,employing infectious 
>grooves ,etc.Paying attention to and working with the attention level of 
>the audience is not necessarily pandering,it's performing. The challenge 
>of 
>engaging an audience that's willing to listen and is ready for you to 
>take 
>chances-What more do you want? I think the real trick is to tune into and 
>feel the audiences' mood,attention,energy, vibe,and invent music that 
>expresses that. It's not the audiences job to understand the artist,it's 
>the other way around,at least in the art of performing.
>When I saw KW the audience's attention was really caught by him building 
>all these tracks live right in front of them.Yes anyone who loops could 
>do 
>it,and get the attention of an audience.Show 'em something they haven't 
>seen before and they'll pay attention,then you have the chance to take 
>'em 
>somewhere.I think audiences want something familiar,so they feel 
>connected,and something new that surprises ,and delights them,some energy 
>to make them feel excited,and most of all to have their attention so 
>engaged,that they forget their troubles for a minute,which makes them 
>feel 
>refreshed. These are compositional elements as much as 
>pitches,patches,beats , measures etc.Colors on the pal
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