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When I was reading the text, multiple points that were made almost felt like personal attacks,
because I myself give performances from time to time. The music, and with that the
performances I give, is more consistent with a non-traditionalist view. Instead of producing
the music live with instruments, music I already made in advance gets played, and I sing
along small parts or use my voice to indicate climaxes. This kind of performance differs a lot
from a traditionalist performance. When I was reading the article, one thing that caught my
attention was that the article approached this distinction as a difference in quality, or
authenticity. In my opinion, the difference lies more in the genre, or type of performance. And
with this difference in genre of type of performance, there is naturally a difference in the
expectation of the audience.

I make full use of the new type of technology that the article expresses anxiety towards.
Think of autotune boxes, effect racks and a multitude of pre-recordings. As I said there’s also
a difference in what my audience expects from me compared to what the audience that the
text describes, expects. My audience usually comes to have a good time, and not, to quote
the article ‘see the veins in my neck bulge’ whilst I am performing. From the article's point of
view (or from a traditionlist’s point of view) I would compare my role in the performance more
to a spectacle, like the use of light shows in psychedelic rock concerts. My performance is
more of an addition to the music already playing, than actually making the music live.

I think you could have guessed that I do not completely agree with the traditionlist’s point of
view, and what they see as a ‘real’ performance. The audience still comes for my music; not
someone else’s music, and in my opinion I still am performing that music even if that means
that I am not focussed on showing or proving my skill as an artist. However, as I said, I think
that this ‘disagreement’ with the traditionalist view is because performances differ from genre
to genre. My audience does not come to see my ability to perform live, which is a whole
different story for artists that give classic music concerts, for instance.

One last example that I thought was interesting to mention, is a performance I gave during
covid. This was a seated performance, which meant that there was way more focus on my
actual performance. There were only thirty people allowed in and most of them wore
headphones, which put more focus on the quality of my singing or rapping (or whatever you
would call it). So I guess you could call that more of a traditional performance, since it also
meets Godlovitch’s criteria.

In summary, I think it is safe to say that most of my performances, and with that my personal
experiences are not in line with the main argument of the text, namely the traditionalist view.
However, there are certain circumstances under which they are in line, like a performance
during peak covid.