From KPC pal Chris A: A story on Pat Metheny. Here's the key passage from the news story. I thought it was very perceptive of Metheny:
The impact of YouTube on a touring musician
In his blog, Chris suggests: Metheny needs to go all Taylor Swift on youtube and smartphones!
Or, maybe not.
The impact of YouTube on a touring musician
"It's an unexpected turn of events for me. When you play that crappy gig in Germany in 1983, it's like, 'OK, we got through that one, and it's behind us.' Then it gets regurgitated 20 years later. The main thing is the way it limits the possibilities now. I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented, nothing is casual anymore. You can't even have a conversation with someone after the gig, because there's somebody filming it. It turns out the Big Brother thing that was predicted, it's us."
In his blog, Chris suggests: Metheny needs to go all Taylor Swift on youtube and smartphones!
Or, maybe not.
3 comments:
This from a guy who took 8 hours in the studio to produce an hour-long album billed as "live" and "spontaneous."
The army of people with smartphones that anger Pat are just reclaiming the portion of consumer surplus that used to be untouchable. And it doesn't follow that you "can't do [jam sessions] anymore" because someone might post something on YouTube. If anything that would be reason to do more!
This big brother is us stuff in nonsense. You Tube and its viewer do not have a police force.
Anonymous says: "This big brother is us stuff in nonsense. You Tube and its viewer do not have a police force."
Tell that to the rioters after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final in 2011! The police used all of the photos and videos uploaded to facebook and youtube to arrest rioters!
Eric says: "The army of people with smartphones that anger Pat are just reclaiming the portion of consumer surplus that used to be untouchable. And it doesn't follow that you "can't do [jam sessions] anymore" because someone might post something on YouTube. If anything that would be reason to do more!"
I think Pat's point is that the jam session used to be place to let loose and try out crazy ideas. They would take lots of chances they normally wouldn't take in a regular performance. Now, the only place to try out those ideas for the first time is at private jam sessions.
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