Den Tuesday 23 June 2009 16.23.47 skrev Dave Phillips:
> Paul Davis wrote:
> > ... so much contemporary music is all based entirely
> > "in the head" because you simply don't need a body to play it - in
> > some cases, a body *cannot* play it! its not the virtuosic skill that
> > goes missing - i can live without that. what we lose is the
> > kinesthetic experience that lends extra meaning, direction and ideas
> > to a performer/composer's work, even without them being particularly
> > aware of it.
>
> Recently my fears re: this "discorporealization" have been allayed. A
> local festival is going to have a Guitar Hero contest in lieu of an
> actual contest for guitar players.
>
> Well, one part of me says "Thank goodness". ;)
:-)))
I recently saw a documentary on Swedish Television about the Air Guitar World
Championships. I got exactly the same feeling. But hey. It's art. Or I'm just
getting old ;)
/bengan
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