Anyone who knows me know that I absolutely breathe music. I have been in a bunch of bands, have boxes of original arrangements, produced some great artists, and worked for a cool label for a while. I have a room full of instruments at home, and I walk around half of the day with my acoustic electric in my hand. (It helps me think). I often joke around about how technology was a natural progression for me as a musician, because of the math...
Anyways, this video below brought me great joy. During my production years, I was always behind some boards or in front of a screen, and I fell in love with the purity of sound and control that technology gave me with the music I was arranging. But, I many times felt inferior, because I could not figure out how to replicate that cleanliness on stage, without dragging a keyboard rig and gear on stage. Who wants to watch someone hunched over a bunch of keyboards right? (This was before I saw the Crystal Method actually do a show).
I am happy to say, this guy, Liam Finn, figured it out in an incredibly cool way. He plays riffs and loops them and essentially arranges his song right there on stage. And it sounds great! I am sure it is an organic process, i.e. he probably screws up from time to time, but imagine what comes out in a good show! Man, I am jealous that I didnt think of this first.
This here, is true 'Creative Technology'. Enjoy!
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