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Re: just out of reach



I think the more options you have the less creative you are. When I had 
just
a dearly loved Jamman I used it to death and created some really great 
music
with it. Now that I have a stereo pair of fully loaded EDPs I hardly find
myself using them. I used to create great tracks with just one simple
sampling keyboard, a Jamman and some FX... I ought to get rid of some 
stuff,
I guess 8-).

Like Brian Eno once said, it´s limitations that force you to be creative.
and like a friend of mine once said, make music with what you have, not 
with
what you´d like to have.

You sure have some friends who´d borrow you some equipment, even if it´s no
Chapman stick, no Warr TSG and no what-have-you 8-). A good musician could
even get something decently musical out of a comb 8-).

Stephen.


"I´m striving for the mysterious. The obvious doesn´t interest me." (Jon
Hassell)

Visit the official [´ramp] website at www.doombient.com


----- Original Message -----
From: mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopersdelight.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: just out of reach


> It's a poor man who blames his tools... or lack there
> of  When I was broke I make nice loops on a used
> Digitech 8 sec pedal... but mostly I had to scramble
> to make rent.  I play a LOT more now that I ditched
> the idea of using music as a means to feed myself.
> I'm doing decently for the first time in my life and
> the only thing that I find IS a setback is having too
> many choices with what to make music with.  Having
> limits can be a good thing, but you don't need to be
> broke.
>
> Frankly a lot of the full time original (not cover
> bands) musicians I knew who were surviving had some
> sort of invisable means of support like a trust fund,
> day job or mate/parent moochage situation that allowed
> them to have a place to live and lots of time to
> practice... at least that's how they started.
>
> My response to you is, "get a day job" and spend as
> much of your time away from it making music and don't
> get fooled by the latest greatest.  There are tons of
> ebay bargains out there that will make wonderful
> sounds until you're getting your big advance from your
> record company.
>
> --- daniel stevenson <stillllscary@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > sheesh what a bummer knowing there is all this cool
> > gear i cant get my hands on/EDPs/lappys/chapman
> > sticks/harp guitars...well on the bright side at
> > least i know its out there... money kills art.
> >
> >
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