Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] guitar stuff...

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Yeah this is nothing new though, this has been happening for years. 

Maybe there is a person with a powerbook on stage, but the concept of
having a keyboard player behind the stage hammering out the tunes is
pretty common, the same happens with guitar players and percussionists
as well.

I remember we played the Whiskey A Go-Go one night, there was a band
that played before us. THey had a keyboard player with a Digitech
voice module back stage that was adding harmonies to the lead singer's
vocals. Whenever there was a place for a great background vocal, the
bass player and guitarist would step up to the mic, and about 7 voices
would come off the stage, in perfect pitch and unison.

During sound check however, these 7 voices came off the stage, even
when no one was at the mic except for the lead vocalist.

I really have a disdain for these that do that. The latest thing with
Ashley Simpson just drives me crazy, if you can't go out there and
play the stuff live and get a decent sound, then in my opinion you are
a fake. Why have a band at all if this is what you are going to do?
There is no point to it, since the band cannot improvise, they are
locked into playing whatever the technology delivers. Even if you have
programmed options, you still have only those options to play with.

Now, to be honest, I have used technology on stage for certain things.
I like having sound samples on my computer on stage for specific
things. In a cover band I play in, we use one liners from television
and movies on stage and throw them out there between songs. We have
also used video on a computer and shot it on a big screen behind us
when playing.

I also have used computers with MIDI to control the light show and
store mix settings for us when we play.  I record all my reheasals
with a computer so when good ideas of songs come up they are not
forgotten. I hasve not been able to bring myself to use technology
when playing songs though.

On Apr 3, 2005 9:40 PM, Woodsmall, Ryan (IATS) <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > You raise a good point though and it probably explains why guitar synths
> > haven't been a huge success.  People probably hire a keyboardist when they
> > want to hear a synth.
> 
> Nowadays, people just hire a studio nerd to bring their PowerBook out on stage and sit by the drummer.  Lots of major acts do this now - Radiohead and Wilco are just two that I've seen in the past year.  The Britney Spears of the world do the same thing, they just make the nerd sit behind the secret curtain like the Wizard of Oz.
> 
> It's truly a good time to be a computer music nerd!  The price for entry has been significantly lowered in the past couple of years, and the products have gotten much better.
> 
>  ryan woodsmall
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