Beyond producing and DJ'ing, there is a world of techno being created live by artists improvising on hardware gear. Creating a conversation between you and your machines and your audience, magic moments are possible.
Let's pick the brain of an expert: @SURCOlive chats with me for 80 minutes, with so much advice for someone looking to make their first moves in this world of techno livesets.
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Contents:
0:00 The context of this call
1:07 Bearded bald blackshirt club
7:48 The magic of the unique moment
14:27 Advice on getting started
16:35 The 50 percent rule
24:38 The melodic approach trick
26:35 The three tonal elements
28:06 Prelistening or not
31:12 Building in guardrails
36:17 The problems I need to solve
43:00 The Belgian kick drum
46:48 Designing a minimum set
49:00 Rundown of Surco's rig
58:48 Skip to here if you want to hear music
1:07:21 What's the "best" gear?
1:12:44 MIDI syncing
1:16:24 Subscribe to Surco!
1:19:51 Encore (about exploration and play)