There has been several articles talking about this subject, I would strategically strike a balance in my opinion so that we can see the problem from a different perspective.
Firstly when we talk about live performances, a lot of factors are involved, a lot of stakeholders are also involved in the process. The question is if we have the right skills that can help Artiste put up a Live performance that meets up to that of their counterparts in developed societies. Everyone obviously has a different answer to this question. Apparently the problem is numerous but I would begin my comments from the musicians perspective and in subsequent post I would elaborate on other areas of the problem.
Looking at the global trend in music, it is no news that the rate at which technology is influencing music is alarming. Several gadgets are invented on a daily basis basically due to the boom in information technology; everything is almost possible nowadays. Music producers have to constantly update and upgrade their skills to continue in business. This in itself is creating some challenges for musicians who invariably are not meeting up to the challenge, although not all of them.
The kind of sounds produced in the studio cannot be reproduced on stage without additional skills and gadgets to enhance the sounds on stage. For instance, a Guitarist has to use an effect Board to tweak and produce the same studio sounds on stage, a bass player would have to use a bass guitar effect as well, the drummer who happened to be the time keeper and the heartbeat of the music has to employ the use of a loop machine or a beat sampler. A DJ has to be on deck as well to give the music more weight. The keyboardist who happens to be the melody center of the music needs a good knowledge of studio sounds, synthesizers, harmony and voicing to fit the music.
Asides all this the band needs to express a very good level of showmanship, charisma and costume onstage too not just the artiste alone.
Now here are my questions.
- How many drummers have a loop machine?
- How many drummers have a drum-sampler?
- How many of them can create THEIR OWN loops using modern software like fruity loops or reason?
- How many drummers practice with these tools?
- How many drummers can use these tools effectively?
- How many guitarists have a guitar effect?
- How many of them have mastered the art of using it effectively
- How many bass players have a bass effect?
- How many of them use it effectively?
- How many keyboardists have effectively mastered the functionality of their instruments?
- How many of them take time out to read the manual by the manufacturer?
- That is one of the reason NIForum is in place to find a solution and coming together in advancing in our musical instruments..
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