Comments on: Musical Laptopism: Robotspeak Presents Live Music; Live Videos from May

By: Michael Todd

Michael Todd — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:39:15 +0000

Such a great post. Great music, Peter. I really wish I could have been there.

By: DJ McManus

DJ McManus — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:54:06 +0000

Oh sorry Peter. I didn’t mean you, I was addressing the “checking email” criticism in general. You looked fine. I really would like to have seen the visuals and the full show.

When people make that criticism it isn’t about the gear, which they haven’t a clue about anyways. Its about your body language, attitude, and meta-physical swank.

We all know you’re the shit Pete. Just give us a little “vibe” and look more like you’re surfing for porn instead.

I also use an Edirol pcr-a30 which I really don’t recommend. I keep waiting on getting a trigger finger as I know they’ll drop a new version right after I do.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:06:57 +0000

Miles Davis would’ve used gmail.

By: nkem

nkem — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:18:01 +0000

It is if you’re Miles Davis, but then again, who is?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:54:29 +0000

Peter, thanks for posting this stuff. Living far, far north of San Fran (not to mention a long way from almost all points cool) its a lot of fun to see what is being done elsewhere. And thanks for showing your own stuff too. Its nice to put a face (and sound) to the website that so many of us spend so much time on.

I’ve alway thought that the checking email look was kind of Miles Davis cool.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:36:06 +0000

I generally don’t check email on MIDI keyboards, but point taken. What is your actual setup, McManus? (Or is that it?) :)

By: DJ McManus

DJ McManus — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:32:10 +0000

Classic comment regarding “checking email”.

- … but I’ve got Max/M.I.L.K. running Jittery Twinkly 2.8 and a custom made Reemur controller with a monome hacked into a Sega Genesis with Speak n Tweak bending a johnmoogerfoogerty!

Even if you’re just using a mouse all you have to do is get into the music you are making. Nod your head a little and shuffle. Have some fun.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:44:07 +0000

Well, nkem, I always appreciate candid feedback. This particular setup for visuals was new, and I didn’t convince myself that it was necessarily one I’d stick with — so I was sharing, not necessarily advocating. I was personally happy, though, that Robotspeak gave us a laboratory to push sets in some new directions and see what happened.

By: nkem

nkem — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:14:53 +0000

Peter, I was at the show. You commented, “I think I put everyone to sleep with that one…” and while I can’t speak for everyone else, it was extremely low energy.

While I’m being candid in my feedback, I liked your opening piece best. The piano and arppegios were really nice. Most of the pieces seemed to lack development and the drum sounds were really thin/cheap-sounding, and perhaps that was the intent. (compare to chachi’s for example.) From the performance angle, we all could have been watching someone sitting down, checking email & wouldn’t have been the wiser. Constant fiddling with the visuals distracted from the music imo.

By: Genji, pushtobreak

Genji, pushtobreak — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:59:26 +0000

Thanks Peter!