Message 34/79
Date: 12-Apr-02 @ 01:56 AM -
RE: Define
Heheh, Influx, you're to hard on yourself... Ian Anderson (and if ya dunna know who he is, shame on you...) has a daughter who is taking flute lessons in school. She came home and showed him some of her practice instructions from class and he said "I learned I had been playing the flute wrong all along...." So, I really don't think knowing the "right way" to do/play something is always of the highest importance....
That said, having spent a bit of time learning "some" theory, has been helpful. Made it possible for me to work faster in some cases...
But back to the question, I realize there is no single answer to this question, an' I wasn't after that. Just curious about folks opinions as it's something I'm always "moralizing" about. I know for me, what's more important than how "live" it is, is that I enjoy doing it, that I feel good about doing it, and that the crowd has fun, too. IF you can do that and just do it by hitting play, more power to ya.
As for DJing, I've tried, and while it's certainly taught me some things, I simply do not have the same kind of energy when I do a DJ set as when I play live. Methinks I simply like the possibility that everything "could" go to hell at any moment... Keeps me frosty.
Pax