| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Angry Dobro Syndrome | | Date: | Sunday, September 9, 2007 10:54:36 (-0700) | | From: | Orville Johnson <orvillej @.......net>
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| In reply to: | Message 7420 (written by Pete Reichwein) |
> "I think we're all trying to please someone when we play...
> yourself or your audience. Like it or not, people respond out of
> habit to certain things in ignorance of what is really going on. So
> often, an aggressive flurry will get a response from listeners
> where the tastiest and most innovative passage may not jump out and
> be noticed. So by habit, we tend to throw the fast ball... I
> remarked to a buddy dobro player that I think Jerry sometimes
> throws one of those in a place where I don't think it fits well
> because his audience expects it... and they always react, right on
> cue... they're happy, so Jerry's happy. My buddy got real mad at me
> for saying that."
Part of this discussion is performance vs. "pure" music. I think, as
Pete says, sometimes you throw a lick or two out there just to get a
reaction from the audience. That's live performing where the
paramount goal is entertaining. to me, that's perfectly valid. I
wouldn't call the audience ignorant for taking the bait. Most of the
audience are not dobro players and its not a smart idea to just play
for those guys. There are a lot of folks that go to a show to be
"entertained", not to dissect the dobro licks. When a magician does
his tricks I know its not real but i can still enjoy the spectacle.
That doesn't make me ignorant, but just willing to suspend disbelief
for some entertainment value.
That said, I know there are things I will do to tickle a live
audience that I wouldn't do on a recording. Things you have to listen
to more than once need a little more attention to long term musical
value
>
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