Live band or not

[Bibib Wong <bibibwong @HOTMAIL.COM>]

To the list members,

From the discussion of live bands vs. recorded music, this new comer has
another question which is a spin-off from my earlier question on dancing to
the music.

In a nutshell: as all live bands have their freedom to interpret music their
own ways, and as a lot of tango music has the uniqueness of combining
different tempo and feeling within the same piece, is it more difficult to
dance to live bands?

Here we are on the floor, the lead is interpreting the music-- thus setting
the tone of the dance (assuming he knows the tune), his mood, and he is
ready to interact with his partner's dance ability, his partner's mood, his
partner's musicality and alas, while responding to the floor traffic. All
impromptu.  There are even talks about arriving zen elation from dancing
tango....

But what if the band interprets the music differently, so that at any
anticipated moment, be it a melody, a beat or the transitional bridge, when
both dancers are about to enjoy each other, the band switches their
interpreation on the tempo; would the dancers be disappointed?  I was.

I love live bands performances in general, but I notice the more "regularly
rhythmic" the tune is played by the band, the easier for the dancers.
However, after a whole night of Pugliese-ized music, would that be a bit
monotonous?

Bibi (Chicago)




>dancers that drive the creation of truly great
>dance orchestras.

>This might be true because we are so used
>to music coming from a box that we forget that there are real people
>playing and we must include the musicians in our enjoyment by letting
>them know, in more ways than just enjoying our dance, that they are a
>significant source of the joy of our evening.  If they play at concerts
>they are applauded by hundreds of people who pay handsomely for the
>pleasure of only listening.  There is a synergy that can exist between
>dancers and musicians but it is difficult to develop the sense of it if
>we mostly dance to recorded music.
>


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