General Music Chat

Is it Puffy Doggy Dew? Snoopin' Doggy Dew? Ice Tea Bagger? Puffin' Cool J?

How the hell would I know?

Marvin Gaye? Alice Peterson? John Legend? Alicia Keyes?

It's Dr. Dre. I'm not a fan, but this picture is funny to me, knowing that he is now known as a gangsta rap icon.

But back on topic.....
I understand and agree with the concept that the way an act dresses and does their stage set can enhance the performance and, therefore, the audience's experience. Just like with anything else, it can also go sooooooo wrong.

Irmy, when you mentioned the "art of the performance," it made me think of what Genesis and Pink Floyd used to do in performance. Good stuff.

I'll take Dr. Dre for $1000, Alex...

Damn...too late.

Irmy, when you mentioned the "art of the performance," it made me think of what Genesis and Pink Floyd used to do in performance. Good stuff.

BINGO. Artistic, classy, thought provoking and experience enhancing without being derivative and shallow.

Good god, I'm sounding like a Rolling Stones critic. Yuck.

Good god, I'm sounding like a Rolling Stones critic. Yuck.

Well, Irm, that's the point. Our audiences do it all the time.

When I go out to see an act, I'm gonna critique it, & most of what I see these days is lacking overall entertainment value.

It's funny, for years I have bemoaned the loss of live music as a real "event" anymore, that used to draw people out of the woodwork by the mere fact that it was happening. Now this thread answers the larger question for me, and I see the much of the blame lies squarely with us performers.

Until we take the art of performance seriously, why should we expect any of the audience to?