When I say gig, I mean 15 minute open mic, but I’ve got a gig next week and I’m a bit torn about what to play, so I’m asking you fuckers to choose. The crowd will be mostly comprised of other electronic musicians and is usually super supportive and open minded
Option 1 - Lyra noise terror
This is the self-indulgent, “but it’s my art, darling” option. I’m happiest and most comfortable making this sort of stuff, but I’m also very aware that, for a lot of people, it’s bloody awful and not much fun at all.
Option two - Acid Techno laptop
This is the slightly less in your face option. I still enjoy performing this sort of stuff, but I wouldn’t necessarily describe it as my happy place in the same way as making a terrible noise, but it is nice to try and get people moving more than just their fingers into their ears.
I pretend for a moment it will be my place where the open mic will take place.
As I can understand that option 1 is very tempting for you , I would think the sound system just broke, or that you are breaking it on purpose. It would be the last session for you in my place.
Option two is more “main stream”, but sounds really awesome actually. If you would play this I would definitively enjoy that. I might even ask you back
Once I get my polivoks back, the plan will be exactly this, but I’m still in the early stages of working with my laptop and I’m not super confident yet, so I’m trying to keep things as simple as possible for the first couple of gigs to avoid fucking things up.
I voted laptop but on second thoughts I think Lyra. Do what you prefer. As others have said, why don’t you set the laptop playing some drums and just accompany them?
exactly. If it was 2hrs then well… but “15 minutes of noise” should be something people can cope with. Almost sounds like something a doctor might give you on perscription. “take 15 minutes of noise daily”
