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I'm not saying the earlier gen synths, controllers and laptops are any less legit than newer gen stuff. I'm thinking strictly from the fan's perspective, the non-musician's perspective, the concert-goer's perspective. That is, how visually obvious is your live performance gifts from the floor? To a digital musician, it might sound reductive. But live performance is it's own beast.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqXayqIrAYE

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this goes back way before "the earlier gen synths, controllers, and laptops"

see my other comment. it's awesome you have come to this realization, but what i am trying to help you understand is that this is cyclical. it is not a revolution, it is how instruments evolve and has been for ages.

gotcha. yeah this vid is pretty crazy, down to the "Playing it by ear" bit.

Live performance is easily electronic music's biggest obstacle. A light show/projector is at the very least a needed default. Because a single man behind a controller/lappy is not that interesting.

^^ this summarizes what I;m trying to say probably better than anything I actually wrote.

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