The Anxious PA - LIVE - Need your input!!!

i think someone needs to end a live pa by setting their laptop on fire...

that would rock... :twisted:

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Originally Posted by djshiva

i think someone needs to end a live pa by setting their laptop on fire...

that would rock... :twisted:

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Or smashing it into the ground and beating it with a pair of headphones.... :rambo:

For an Anxious LIVE PA I only wanna hear Anxious tracks...

Even better if they are improvised versions of them... They don't have to be exactly like the vinyl... Its cool when they start up slightly different (with the main identifying elements intact of course) and while your dancing your wondering.. "hmmm is this BOA 4?" (for example)

-Johnny

i think that if you do a pa and just use the tracks as they were put on vinyl then you might aswell not. It's a great oppertunity to let people listen to your stuff in a way they've never heard them before. I do think that diversety is very important in pa's as most become boring after 30 minutes or so (for me) I think it's a great platform to experiment and show people how diverse you can be

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Originally Posted by MARK EG

this is brilliant guys, amazing advice. thank you so much :clap:

really, i wanted this post to tell me what ppl expect out of a PA. i would never, ever do that whole DAT thing, it's just not an option. this PA has to be live, but yeah, you can't be expected to make tracks up on the fly cause that's impo0ssible - my god how much of a genius would you have to be to do this?!?!!!

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I don't think its a matter of genius so much as performance chops at whatever instrument you're using as a primary input. Having other people using controllers would help. Live makes it very possible, with the right set up to do some very comprovisational things in a very easy manner.

As for my PA from a dancing perspective, I want to hear someone that is going to take full advantage of thier increased ability to maniuplate the sound to bring phrases in and out in unique ways that still keep the groove going and my mind bent, bringing in new sounds mixed with old and full of feeling.

The last bit is by far the most important part, if you're into what you're doing that enthusiasm transmits more than anything else. So long as you're not like the guy I saw banging his head away while DJing whilst the shoes were carelessly flailing about in the dryer.

But I'm confident that wouldn't be the case :)

Either way I hope you guys come to the states and do this, i'd love to check it out.

Mark, making tracks on the fly ain't that tough bro. especially with 909, 808 or other hythm machines like this. they were made to be programmed on the fly. uncle jeff taught me that shit back in the dizay. if you hook up some outboard machines to your ableton rig you can have lots of fun improvising on the machines and structuring with ableton.

actually we've been messing with some of that shit.. might incorporate it in... rigged up the virus via my midisport and we were away... really cool.

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Aye... I'm doing that for my PA tonight..
Gonna start the set with a blank pattern on the machinedrum, with a kit I've designed beforehand.

That way at least I know that the sounds will interact with each other properly, but I can determine my tempo and style right on the spot.

;)