Pat Metheny re-invents playing with himself (5 min.)

[Gert van Santen]

Tony Hardie-Bick schreef:
> Michael Zacherl. wrote:
>> Nancarrow was definitely pushing the limits of his instruments of
>> choice when he wrote his pieces. IMHO Metheny just started to go that route
>> ...
> 
> I also think that some bands, particularly New Order, already had an 
> understanding of machinery in music, and made this part of music decades ago, 
> and Metheny is stepping in their shoes, to some extent.
> 
> If you watch videos of New Order playing live (esp the "live in the studio" 
> stuff), you can see a casual, almost laissez-faire attitude, that really 
> liberates the music. Particularly Stephen Morris, who moves from drums to keys 
> back and forth, completely comfortable, and listening to the machine-music, and 
> being equal to it, rather than trying to dominate it.

Where can I find those vids, Tony?

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