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Originally Posted by Lawrence
wouldn't pay $40 to sit and watch someone scratch records or trigger samples from an MPC on stage by themself. They only when other er... "instruments" are playing along with them. Solo MPC artist? Don't think so.
....Lawrence
...youd be suprised.
i did a show a few months ago, it was three live acts with a battle going on between them (which attracted alot of paying people). one of the acts was made out to sound like a group with an emcee... it turned out that it was a DJ and two guys with MPC2000s. EVERYBODY thought it was going to be lame, you could hear people complaining about watching something so boring all over the place.
these guys, called Meat and Potatoes, ended up doing a half hour set and completely tore down the house. people were angry when they stopped. so, dont dismiss the idea. if you know what youre doing, anything can be an instrument and be entertaining.
and yes, an MPC is an instrument, along with a turntable. the time it takes to master REALLY knowing how to scratch (read "getting the sound you want, not settling for the sound you get") takes just as much time, if not more, than any instrument. you can use an mpc to play any sample, even a simple piano C-note, and make it sound like your playing a piano(within reason). alot more difficult.