The Crew Rising
The Crew Rising
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This pseudo-musical experiment represents the hidden show going on during a show, the stage crew. We make the false reality you see on stage. That is our show.
Band/artist history
The "quote on quote" band is a live concert being performed in an alternate universe, where the crew sets up on stage the entire duration of the concert, while the band performs behind closed curtains in the dark.
Key thing is, we live in this universe, the one where the band is supposed to be out front, you know with instruments and an audience. And none of us can play industrial electro-punk thrash jazz, let alone know what that would sound like or even be played with.
The paradox:
Are we the performers?
Or are we the stage crew?
And where is the music coming from if we are both?
Have you performed in front of an audience?
We perform only when the stage is dark and behind closed curtains and with an anticipating audience. When we are done performing a set or "shift", we open the curtains and turn the lights on and set up for the next song. This confuses most people, because unlike "normal" bands, we play when we are setting up, and set up when we should be playing. If it isn't obvious by now we are our own stage crew.
Your musical influences
Music Influences:
Experimental rock, industrial, punk/hardcore, electronic music, MIDI, psychedelic rock, backmasking, insomnia, broken instruments, lucid dreams.
What equipment do you use?
Composing: Noteflight, MAGIX Music Maker 16 Premium
Mixing: Audacity, Anvil Studio
Recording: Computer, microphone, Casio SK-1 Sampler, piano, guitar (acoustic), trombone, alto saxophone, various percussion and electronic sounds, vocals.
Anything else?
If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If it does, and if sound is music, does this mean that the forest is therefore a band?