Post #368705 by tikiyaki on Sun, Mar 23, 2008 9:12 AM

Listening to musical samples on iTunes, definitely no Martin Denny song-lifts. Their method seems to be more of the electronica cut and paste, sound collage variety...ie: lots of samples...sounds like there are loops in there for sure. They just do it in a very electronic way, which I would imagine would require alot of backing tracks or loops to play live.

Very cool and Esquivellian (there's a word!) - I DO like what they do, and yea, it would take an army of thousands to reproduce that stuff onstage. I guess that's why Esquivel didn't perform live( ? )

I guess I just prefer a more organic approach, but that's just me. But the "They have BEEN KNOWN to use live musicians onstage" thing is what makes me say my original statement....that I thought people actually cared that a band was playing to a bunch of pre-recorded tracks.

I guess not ?

Either way, I think what Tipsy is doing is cool musically, I just think I'd want to see it live. I'd rather go watch a band playing instruments, I guess because you know they could make a mistake, and when they don't it's more impressive. That's my musician side speaking.

Definitely not dissing TIPSY, but they are an electronica group doing lounge-style electronica, not a lounge group using electronics to make their life easier onstage. That may seem like splitting hairs, but there is a difference.

So, Tiki Bill, will I be meeting you at Hukilau this year ?