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Originally Posted by oscillate
You bring up a really good point. I'm a huge NIN fan and I know Reznor decided to get a band when he started playing live as opposed to just being alone with a guitar and a backing track. But, like you said, it's not always financially feasible, especially when musicians are starting out.
I'm personally more interested in what you guys think of that sort if idea: trying to recreate songs with dense arrangements, kind of like what Grimes and other electronic artists are trying to do, as opposed to the Ed Sheeran type of one man band.
I've never actually seen an act like that live, so I'd be interested to get perspectives from those of you who have. Is the energy high? I've watched a few videos of Grimes playing live and it just seems very, very awkward. The crowd seems to enjoy it, but if you compare it to artists that have backing bands it seems like doing it alone loses impact as it becomes more of a technical type of performance (as you see with Grimes doing a lot of microphone tricks and so on) as opposed to necessarily focusing on the songs.
Thoughts?
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Some of the guys here perform their own music (YorkeDaddy, Machine, Plainview, Frownland, Plankton ...) and I wonder if they have played, or intend to play live, or think they could? I know Plankton does, but the other guys?
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I've done some small gig's using just setup backing tracks on my phone that I play guitar over. Everything is input into an amp or PA. Last summer I did a few of those types of little concerts out of my garage and at a few parties for my neighbors and friends. Recently I bought a Digitech Trio that has built-in drums and bass that will duplicate any rhythm you input into it with a few chord strums, but I doubt I'd ever use that live since it's a bit random. As for the impact of those kinds of performances, it's really more of a showcase for the individual artist, and if you're going into something like that with the mindset that you only care about that artist, then it can be a meaningful experience for the listener. Buckethead and Paul Gilbert are two examples that come to mind.