Re: looping as a profession

["Steve Lawson" <steve@steve-lawson.co.uk>]

> >While I do obviously do a lot of looping, I wouldn't class my profession
as
> >being a looper... a musician who uses looping, yes, but I'm no more a
looper
> >than I am an amplified musician or a processed musician, in that 
>sense...
>
> ok, looper is not a profession for you... so bassist (bass player?)
> is not either?
> I am asking, since we think that a loop tool is neither an effect or
> amplifier (as you compare it to here) nor an instrument.
> i dont call myself Loop-engineer yet either :-)

No, I wouldn't say my profession is a bassist either, strictly. I get paid
to play music. Most of the people listening couldn't care less what the
instrument is, some don't know that it's a bass (6 strings=guitar, of
course), and most don't get what looping is about. I guess this is heading
into sticky territory, as to take the notion that what your profession is 
is
what the people who are paying you think you are doing is probably not a
great path to go down.

Oh bollocks, it doesn't really matter either way - am I a pro looper? yes
and no. Am I a pro bassist? yes and no. Am I an entertainer? yes and no. Am
I a stand up comic? sadly, no. ;o) Do I get paid for doing what I love
doing, regardless of labels? yes. is that what really matters? yes. Is this
email a waste of electrons? most definitely.

big love

steve
www.steve-lawson.co.uk (gig details, news, MP3s etc.)
www.stevelawson.net (the side-door)
www.pillowmountainrecords.co.uk (buy CDs)
www.pmrecords.gemm.com (buy the same CDs)
www.solobassnetwork.org.uk (other people making solo bass noises)