[Dancecult-l] liveness (Kariann Goldschmitt)

[Adam Walker]

I agree to a point Denise.  As a DJ - yes - there are times when I feel like 
a glorified jukebox, but other times when I use my tracks, equipment, voice 
and visuals (eg. lighting) in a spontaneous "live" fashion.  However, in 
context of this discussion, it's important to bring up the blurring of 
boundaries between live and recorded music that has emerged through 
technology (and I guess the fundamental aim of DJing), which is what you are 
highlighting.  Therefore in searching for a definition of liveness - where 
does one (recorded) stop and the other (live) start?  Does the merging of 
true liveness, performance and recorded music require new categorisation? 
Perhaps we should posit some term like "recolive" into discourse?

Adam


>From: Denise Dalphond <ddalphon at indiana.edu>
>To: dancecult-l at listcultures.org
>Subject: Re: [Dancecult-l] liveness (Kariann Goldschmitt)
>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:02:53 -0400
>
>Hey all,
>
>This discussion is bringing up a lot of fascinating ideas in my little
>ethno head.  I think it would be great to develop this into a more
>rigorous discussion of defining "liveness" as it relates to DJ
>performance and electronic dance music.  I hesitate to create a
>distinction between DJ performance, involving the typical set-up of
>electronic and possibly digital equipment and use of pre-recorded sound
>in a new performance context, and other "live" performances.  I would
>call typical DJ performance live as well - there can be various levels
>of composition, improvisation, etc. in DJ performance.  An important
>idea in this train of thought is "emergence" in performance, in terms
>of folklore, anthro, linguistics.  This is the idea that there can be a
>continuum in performance of varying degrees of emergence, flexibility,
>spontaneity, as well as preparedness, adherance to script, and so on.
>
>Of course, performance can be a label that applies to recorded cultural
>expressions as well, but "liveness" in this definition of emergence in
>performance could certainly include DJ performance and electronic dance
>music in various "live" settings.
>
>What do y'all think about defining "live" performance in this way?
>
>Denise
>--
>Denise MM Dalphond
>Assistant Instructor, Motown
>Graduate Assistant, Liberia Collections Project
>Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology
>Indiana University
>ddalphon at indiana.edu
>
>
>
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