http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/mu...s-we-know-them
I don't even know how I feel after reading this. Not much surprises me anymore and as referenced in the article, we did have the Chipmunks and the Archies in earlier times, but still ...
http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/mu...s-we-know-them
I don't even know how I feel after reading this. Not much surprises me anymore and as referenced in the article, we did have the Chipmunks and the Archies in earlier times, but still ...
Think of a book as a vase, and a movie as the stained-glass window that the filmmaker has made out of the pieces after he’s smashed it with a hammer.
-- Russell Banks (paraphrased)
"Back in my day, we had actual musicians playing actual instruments on stage. And the music you heard was played right there - on stage!"
"You're so crazy, Grandpa."
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Yeah, but can it throw a television set out of a 10th floor hotel window?
I, for one, welcome our holographic vocaloid overlords!
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
I like the way they programmed its dance moves -- looks just like one of the pop princesses.
"Crowd-sourced music" -- LOL
Sure, why the hell not?
Amazed they actually had REAL musicians playing in the background. They will have to rectify that in future performances. Maybe they can use kids playing air guitars and air drums - or better yet, on Guitar Hero.
By the way, We've had Alvin and the chipmunks for decades, why is this things voice any different?
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
It's the Futurama of the entertainment/music industry.....
^
Next we'll have some band come along with facial masks and costumes and podium setups to mimic those exact designs of Genesis'n'shit, impeccably performing their songs. Yeah, right - will we ever.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I don't know whether I want to destroy it, or start trying to madly hump it.*
*I know it's only 16, but since it's just a computer program, who cares?
So The Residents are just wannabees.
That is at least one thing that is an improvement.Originally Posted by mogrooves
I dunno - I find the enthusiastic crowd pouring their energy into a hologram rather than a human being a bit disconcerting and even creepy. Count me the F out!
Could not agree more. I'm sure that hologram was really "feeling the love" from that audience and gave the best performance if her (its?) life (sim life?). Creepy and disconcerting are the tip of the iceberg with this.I dunno - I find the enthusiastic crowd pouring their energy into a hologram rather than a human being a bit disconcerting and even creepy. Count me the F out!
Bill
the title of this thread says to me that you've just watched an episode of the Big Bang Theory.
Well, it was all really just smoke and mirrors anyway.
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
Reminds me of Krieger's girlfriend on Archer
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Well maybe they will program them so won't be as batshit crazy as the Kanye Wests of the real world!
For good or ill, I think we might get to a point where all audio and video is loaded into a computer and 'new' art comes out and could be played live via hologram. Or, taking old videos of the band and showing them via hologram. I can see this happening with the grateful dead. Mixing songs from different shows to create new versions. Integrating images that move with the new music. Hell, 'they' could create some algorithm with all of Yes music and the computer could compose 'new' Yes music.
Kuriiga-san! My cherry blossoms are wilting!
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
The voice gets annoying pretty fast. How about a prog-group with a vocalist created with a simular technique?
That was West Coast Yes, wasn't it?
They didn't use a hologram for vocals, did they? I thought it was a giant stuffed rabbit?That was West Coast Yes, wasn't it?
B-but... Now we can have a younger Jon come on with a hologram to relive the days of 1977 or 1973! Can't you just hear those masses yell out for Younger Jon! Younger Jon! Who then answers "Cha-ch'ch-cha-cha'h!"?
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Whatevers. The so-called real performers' performances are rarely real. Their voices are fake, the wooden dance routines are professionally choreographed by unseen, uncredited persons. May as well be animatronic dummies on stage anyway. Fewer people to split the pie.
And I'm ok with people that will pay money to see a hologram, doing so. I like knowing where those guys are at any given moment. I'd never do it but then again, I'd never drink cleaning solvents or eat lead paint. What did we expect when we implemented child safety caps and Mr. Yuck stickers.
Oh Darwin, why hast thou forsaken us!
So... did that creep y'all out ?
Was it just a little bit 'funny' ??
You are in the "Uncanny Valley" , a deep crevice in the human mind, a true inner Twilight Zone...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
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