Electronic drum kits certainly progress every year, but they still sound unnatural, feel artificial and look silly. Also, sequencing with click tracks...
After countless hours rehearsing and several more spent hauling and setting up your gear, you feel ready to perform for a sizable audience. This isn't...
Don't question that recording makes Rob Swift happy. War Games (Coup De Grace, 2005), the newest album from the ex X-ecutioner, has wrist aerobics and...
Unless you've been hiding in a cave for the past several years, you've certainly heard of Ableton's groundbreaking live-performance loop software, Live....
With so many different types of MIDI controllers on the market, there's no compelling reason to use a keyboard controller for live performance if playing...
Unlike your studio or rehearsal space, where you have complete control of how your band sounds, when you play at a club (especially a small financially...
Nowadays, those all-too-geeky live electronic-music events have become a norm in clubs, complete with the ghostly, illuminated faces of nonanimated performers...
If the standard pop band is the result of years of evolution and natural selection whereby the most well-adapted species rise to the top of the entertainment...
The stereotype of electronic music has long been about a DJ standing around spinning records or staring at a laptop. So when a DJ like D:Fuse really sticks...
Would you like to romp wildly about the stage without any worry of tripping over your instrument cable? How about jumping into the crowd and singing a...
With a laptop music system and a portable P.A. package, it's possible to play almost any type of venue. Unfortunately, that means you're still tethered...
There are many wonderful locations to play out and have your music heard besides the clubs for example, park festivals, boardwalks, house parties, college...
If feeling ecstatically unsettled is your idea of a good time, then an evening with Bloc Party should be in order. The UK four-piece's debut full-length,...
With so many great bands champing at the bit to play decent venues, club owners have little incentive to actually pay a band to play. In fact, in cities...
If playing a show doesn't involve swearing (sometimes at the audience) or onstage mishaps, James Murphy doesn't want anything to do with it. And although...
For musicians, few things are worse than playing to an empty room. People don't want to practice long hours and spend time setting up for a show only...
Turning electronic music into a improvisational experience that both maintains the feel of the original material and allows for some flexibility is not...
Given the many ways to exploit a good live recording, not recording your set is like flushing cash down the toilet. For example, a live recording can...
Playing live with a multitrack system is entirely different than singing along to a 2-track mix. A multi-track system for live shows is nothing like the...
Getting your live performances to sound remotely similar to your finely crafted multitrack studio productions is a challenge. You could perform to an...
If you're used to performing with a headphone mix in the studio, stepping onstage and realizing that there is no controlled mix to play along with can...
It's easy to become enamored of laptop computers and slick new software programs for live performance. But face it: As cool as laptops are, they are often...
For anyone who plays in a live band, something will inevitably go wrong at one point or another. Someone will get electrocuted, a piece of gear will malfunction,...
After giving your all in a live performance without turntables or even a CD player as backup, it's hard to know how to respond when a fan comes up after...
One computer can generate all the parts for a live jam, especially when you employ a software program that has sophisticated live-performance features....
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