How Gorillaz could dominate a post-Covid world
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How Gorillaz could dominate a post-Covid world
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#2Virtual concerts are becoming all the rage in MMORPGs, and other digital venues... https://kotaku.com/watch-hatsune-miku-perform-live-in-phanta...
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#3Took me longer than anticipated to figure out whether the article was about the animal Gorilla or some techn platform called with the same name.
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#4Took me longer than anticipated to figure out whether the article was about the animal Gorilla or some techn platform called with the same name.
The 'z' is important.
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#5As a musician who came up with the touring model, I've been struggling with not being able to gig and connect with people. There's a real visceral phenomenon that happens when you play live. I think it's fair to say those days were waning even before COVID.
I found the sentiment of this article comforting. It points to a way forward to make music and get some of that connection back. I don't know that there's any substitute for the real deal but that's probably because I'm old. ;)
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#6As a musician who came up with the touring model, I've been struggling with not being able to gig and connect with people. There's a real visceral phenomenon that happens when you play live. I think it's fair to say those days were waning even before COVID. I found the sentiment of this article comforting. It points to a way forward to make music and get some of that connection back. I don't know that there's any sub…
I don't think replacing direct connection / presence with remote viewing / tele-presence is "progress".
Those two are different things. We could say that one is not better than the other, it depends on the use case.
But one can also say that we're wired evolutionary for the direct presence, and the other case is a 10-30 years affair that we're rushing into often when it's not really needed (like now with COVID) but just because it's new (or because other things, like ticket prices or free time, are fucked up).
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#7Bizarre article. They could be successful, I suppose... were we all trying to predict what artist would "dominate the post-COVID world"?
I guess I'd prefer a little more analysis of what implications that has. I don't think rap music benefits from everyone recording their verses individually. You can usually distinguish it from something recorded together in the studio.
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#8I "attended" the Fortnite Travis Scott event; I was actually quite impressed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYeFAlVC8qU (undersells it because it's a cinematic view not how you actually see it in game)
It reminded me of demoscene programs in a way although not as intellectually stimulating. It's early days for the medium but as VR gets cheaper I can't see why it won't become a normal thing in the west to have virtual gigs (I think people around me wouldn't be surprised if they saw something like it in Asia already)
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#9Gorillaz's recent success this year with their Song Machine project has, I think, largely been because their recent songs have been some of the best material they've ever produced. Personal opinions vary, of course, but their four main releases this year have all been excellent and are probably among my favourite tracks of theirs.
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#10I think companies such as MelodyVR are going to be pretty big because of the effects of COVID-19.
It’s an interesting problem-space and it’ll take a while for people to acclimatise to the changes, but I think we’ll start to see a lot of this.