I love electronic(a) but traditional instruments have far more impact for me personally and I think it is ultimately down to very specific interactions.
If I play a guitar, bass or drum kit for example, there is so much more emotion and physicality to it. It’s something I truly ‘feel’ and I find it literally transports me to another dimension in terms of motor reflex, listening and cognition and witnessing someone go through that transition up on stage is what is so compelling.
The language is vastly different to tweaking boxes with knobs and buttons that generate sound though I cannot deny that in order to do either reasonably well you need a certain amount/type of talent to pull it off convincingly.
I am not insinuating one is better than the other but I do feel strongly that most ‘electronic’ live performances are lacking something visceral and emotive. Visual projections rarely make up for it and are also most often cold, digital and predictable. In fact I don’t go to watch these types of shows - I only go to listen and most often as far away from a stage as possible just to find a spot where it sounds good - it’s only about listening for me. I listen and just watch other people in a crowd as they make it more interesting.
