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At 10:45 PM 2/10/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Reg > >>Sure; looped noodles can be inspiring (as well as the name of a tasty >>Chinese meal...?), but I feel that often we loopers are all too willing >to >>do our trial-and-error compositions in public. >Artists of many mediums fall prey to that temptation. Unfortunately, >observing a great experimenter can give the false sense that it is from >the >nature of experimentation that the greatness comes. I seem to remember a quote from one of the Grateful Dead: "We made it up as we went along; some nights it was great, some nights it sucked" (I'm paraphrasing). Problem is, some people paid to see them suck. Perhaps musicians have a responsibility to prepare "just in case" - so that even if you're not hitting a high (so to speak) the audience are at least garuanteed a good night out, which is what they've paid for. Some musicians _do_ play experimental music to receptive audiences (I'm thinking here of the mythical NY loft scene) - but if that's what the audences are getting, they should be warned. YOu don't go to a play expecting to be told that the company are about to make it up as they go along, but if you're forwarned (isn't there a bamous Boston/Chicago comedic improv theatre), it can be wonderful. Michael (Ranting away - sorry!)