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>>>On a small scale, I'm fairly quick to point out to people who have had >no other introduction to looping, e-bow, solo bass or whatever else I might be dabbling in at the time that I'm not the only person in the world using those things, and that what I do is a mish-mash of influences, some of whom loop, ** but these are just technology issues, right? they don't really adress the music. do you sound like these people? if not, what of the tech usage???? <<< maybe it's just that tech descriptions are concrete and objective - no one can say 'no you're not using a DL4!' when there's one under my feet with my bass signal going through it, but they could get my CD and then say 'you said you sound like Bill Frisell - well I really like Frisell, but I thought you were crap', or vice versa 'why didn't you say that you didn't really sound like Frisell, I hate his stuff, but you're the greatest musician I've ever had the good fortune to be in the mere presence of!'... Where there are obvious reference points, that's easier to handle (like if I was doing loads of slapping and tapping over funk changes, Vic Wooten would perhaps be a handy reference point), but as I haven't really co-opted my harmonic, rhythmic and melodic sensibilities from anyone person (it's all a bit to generic and simple for that... :o) it's a bit harder to reference... so, gear is solid, 'sound' is ephemeral would be my complete cop-out to the above question... :o) Steve www.steve-lawson.co.uk