Re: LOOPING to CIRCLES to LOOPING

["Allan Hoeltje" <ahoeltje@best.com>]

Thank you Rick "Loop.pooL" for such a great post.  There are times I say to
myself that I will never be as good as Fripp, Legg, (fill in your favorite
musician) so why bother?  Why not just sell all those expensive toys, move
on and forget about it.  Thank you for the reality check!

> We have, almost entirely stopped singing or whistling as
> a culture in public.

Yes, but this has been replaced with talking on a cell phone in public.
Now, what does THAT mean?

-Allan


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>From: "Rick Walker (Loop.pooL)" <GLOBAL@cruzio.com>
>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Subject: LOOPING to CIRCLES to LOOPING
>Date: Sun, Jan 28, 2001, 6:30 PM
> ...
> My point following these anecdotes is that the only thing we must do as
> artist is to 'put it out there'.  We live in a very dysfunctional and
> perfectionistic culture that says you should only put energy into any
> endeavor if you have a chance to be the best (to win the olympics, to
> sell a million records, to be the fastest guitar player).  There is
> very little support for people to just make music or write songs
> because it is good for the soul to do so.  Consequently, the piano
> that used to be in many homes in America has virtually dissappeared,
> funding for musical and art education has been drastically cut back.
> We have, almost entirely stopped singing or whistling as a culture in
> public.