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I don't play out as much as I used to - and even then it was not as often as many "weekend warrior" types (not by long shot). Even so, as I get older and less able to schlepp gear, I am increasingly less interested in rehearing "tunes" with a bunch of guys whose taste I don't really share and whose music I don't really believe in. I am through trying to "fit in." I do the odd solo dance/performance space/art gallery show a few times a year - either as a solo or improvising with a few capable collaborators. Other than playing in my own living room or garage that is is. I don't have the time or stamina for club gigs or fests...and definitely still have too much gear for spontaneous "open mikes." Life's too short for rehearsals, pandering to unappreciative club audiences, or playing any other music than what I or my collaborators can invent/devise right there, in the moment, right now. I always use looping to some degree or another, but do not consider myself a "looping artist" nor do I market myself that way (even though I have been looping for 30 years). As I get older too, my tastes have been becoming less and less mainstream too. I find I would almost rather listen to between-station radio static, road noise, and the sound of the wind than the stuff that comes out of most car radios. If I were considered a purveyor of "world music" my music would be the national musical art form of a country populated by exactly one. And, in my crotchety old age, I am beginning to actually like it that way. :-) Ted On Nov 10, 2012, at 7:02 PM, astralmnemonics@gmail.com wrote: > How many of you guys play out solo with your looping? What kinds of > places do you play? Wineries, art spaces? I've gigged a lot in rock > bands through the club scene but have no experience out here on the > sonic fringes of performance art with solo, looping, improvised > performances.