The Eumaas Synthesizer Thread
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When I saw Elvis Costello in 2006, Steve Nieve was all over the map.
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Not hard at all. Sure you don't have the freedom of the stage or of the movement a guitarist has but I've seen loads of keyboard players who play energetic music leaping about and bouncing up and down giving it some attitude. Synth bands are usually a lot more reserved but the stoic thing usually fits the robotic feel of the music played.Kory wrote:Hard, not impossible.Marky Dread wrote:I used to go and watch XTC at their early gigs and this guy was never still.Kory wrote:As you can imagine, it's really hard to play a stationary instrument and leap about the stage. Probably why the keytar was invented.Dr. Medulla wrote:This all something for me to muse about given the common perception of critics (and even some proponents) of how the synthesizer isn't "really playing," that it's quite passive. Apart from the prog weirdos with their banks and banks of synths, hopping about, the appearance of the synth guy in the band is generally quite stoic compared to the standard rock poses. It's a neat oddity in terms of labour and performance in rock and what it conveys. Expectations, really, of what performance is supposed to look like.
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Another perfect example.Wolter wrote:When I saw Elvis Costello in 2006, Steve Nieve was all over the map.
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Well I say it is, and as I'm always right, the debate has ended in my favor.Marky Dread wrote:Not hard at all. Sure you don't have the freedom of the stage or of the movement a guitarist has but I've seen loads of keyboard players who play energetic music leaping about and bouncing up and down giving it some attitude. Synth bands are usually a lot more reserved but the stoic thing usually fits the robotic feel of the music played.Kory wrote:Hard, not impossible.Marky Dread wrote:I used to go and watch XTC at their early gigs and this guy was never still.Kory wrote:As you can imagine, it's really hard to play a stationary instrument and leap about the stage. Probably why the keytar was invented.Dr. Medulla wrote:This all something for me to muse about given the common perception of critics (and even some proponents) of how the synthesizer isn't "really playing," that it's quite passive. Apart from the prog weirdos with their banks and banks of synths, hopping about, the appearance of the synth guy in the band is generally quite stoic compared to the standard rock poses. It's a neat oddity in terms of labour and performance in rock and what it conveys. Expectations, really, of what performance is supposed to look like.
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Jerry Dammers danced pretty well from his spot onstage.
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I say, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about and hope a piano falls on your head. Who cares about the debate now?Kory wrote:Well I say it is, and as I'm always right, the debate has ended in my favor.Marky Dread wrote:Not hard at all. Sure you don't have the freedom of the stage or of the movement a guitarist has but I've seen loads of keyboard players who play energetic music leaping about and bouncing up and down giving it some attitude. Synth bands are usually a lot more reserved but the stoic thing usually fits the robotic feel of the music played.Kory wrote:Hard, not impossible.Marky Dread wrote:I used to go and watch XTC at their early gigs and this guy was never still.Kory wrote:
As you can imagine, it's really hard to play a stationary instrument and leap about the stage. Probably why the keytar was invented.
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I never did.Marky Dread wrote:I say, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about and hope a piano falls on your head. Who cares about the debate now?Kory wrote:Well I say it is, and as I'm always right, the debate has ended in my favor.Marky Dread wrote:Not hard at all. Sure you don't have the freedom of the stage or of the movement a guitarist has but I've seen loads of keyboard players who play energetic music leaping about and bouncing up and down giving it some attitude. Synth bands are usually a lot more reserved but the stoic thing usually fits the robotic feel of the music played.Kory wrote:Hard, not impossible.Marky Dread wrote:
I used to go and watch XTC at their early gigs and this guy was never still.
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This is the correct answer. Still best keep one eye on the sky today.Kory wrote:I never did.Marky Dread wrote:I say, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about and hope a piano falls on your head. Who cares about the debate now?Kory wrote:Well I say it is, and as I'm always right, the debate has ended in my favor.Marky Dread wrote:Not hard at all. Sure you don't have the freedom of the stage or of the movement a guitarist has but I've seen loads of keyboard players who play energetic music leaping about and bouncing up and down giving it some attitude. Synth bands are usually a lot more reserved but the stoic thing usually fits the robotic feel of the music played.Kory wrote:
Hard, not impossible.
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Sweet release.Marky Dread wrote:This is the correct answer. Still best keep one eye on the sky today.Kory wrote:I never did.Marky Dread wrote:I say, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about and hope a piano falls on your head. Who cares about the debate now?Kory wrote:Well I say it is, and as I'm always right, the debate has ended in my favor.Marky Dread wrote: Not hard at all. Sure you don't have the freedom of the stage or of the movement a guitarist has but I've seen loads of keyboard players who play energetic music leaping about and bouncing up and down giving it some attitude. Synth bands are usually a lot more reserved but the stoic thing usually fits the robotic feel of the music played.
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This thread is not about keyboardists.
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Many synths have keyboards attached to them.eumaas wrote:This thread is not about keyboardists.
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It is now!eumaas wrote:This thread is not about keyboardists.
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Synthesizers and labour, you capitalist pig.eumaas wrote:This thread is not about keyboardists.
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synthesizer =/= keyboardDr. Medulla wrote:Synthesizers and labour, you capitalist pig.eumaas wrote:This thread is not about keyboardists.
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Using a synthesizer = performance = labour.eumaas wrote:synthesizer =/= keyboardDr. Medulla wrote:Synthesizers and labour, you capitalist pig.eumaas wrote:This thread is not about keyboardists.
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