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Unsubscribe if you don't like it. Mark Sottilaro On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 11:46 AM, Will Brake wrote: > But seriously, Belew isn't looping on tour (that I was able to hear) > and > there are way too many people blathering on about too many topics that > are not loop oriented. It takes lots of time to read through these and > I'm probably not the only person that is a little tired of it. > > As far as the tech god pedestal thing, you put me up there. I NEVER > said > I was the answer to your tech prayers. In fact, I'm just a man, > definitely NOT a god.I'm just a guy trying to do right by musicians and > am fortunate enough to make a living doing it. Grow up a little bit and > deflate your ego for a second. > > BTW - I love Belew, always have. > > Respect > > Will Brake > Soul Fruit Electronics > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Sottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net] > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 1:15 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: New Adrian Belew Interview(OT) > > Perhaps if you got out of your "I'm the god of fixing electronic gear, > look at me" stance you'd come across an Adrian Belew or King Crimson > album and realize that there is looping (by he and/or his partner > Robert Fripp) on almost every single album (including the 2 that I > offer a counter review of) Adrian Belew has been a looper for many > many years and I think currently uses a Repeater in his rig as well as > a Johnson (Digitech) amp with on board looping capabilities (I've heard > that his amps are basically Digitech 2120s with solid state amplifier > stages and dual 12" cab all in one box) > > More on that here: > > http://www.adrianbelew.net/texnspex.htm > > So, before you ask a pointed question, you might take want to word it > more like, "Is there looping on this album?" or maybe do a quick google > search on "Adrian Belew + Loops" because a lot would have come up and > it would have been a nice change from soldering op amps. > > yours truly, > > Mark Sottilaro > > On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 05:08 AM, Will Brake wrote: > >> What part of this post has anything remotely relevant to looping? Can >> we get back on topic? >> >> >> >> Respect >> >> >> >> Will Brake >> >> Soul Fruit Electronics >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark Sottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net] >> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 3:26 PM >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Subject: Re: New Adrian Belew Interview >> >> >> >> Here's the comments I submitted to the online mag: >> >> The Power to Repeat >> >> As someone who's been in love with King Crimson since I discovered >> Adrian's work on Laurie Anderson's Mr. Heartbreak album, I'll take the > >> risk of disagreeing with him about TPTB. I don't think it's nearly as >> interesting as TCOL, which, IMHO, is one of their strongest albums. >> Part of my issues with it are the little voice synth stuff happening. >> It totally grates on my nerves for some reason. Not sure why he's >> dragging out lyrics from an older solo Belew tune and running them >> through a Digitech Vocalist. Surely you could think of something new, >> no? And eyes wide open is so sweet, I need to pass on it almost every >> time. Maybe one of the reasons I'm bitter is that I bought this album >> twice for some reason. First time as a "teaser" album, then almost the > >> identical album in a slightly different "finished" form. That was kind > >> of lame. I'd loved to have heard really rough stuff on the teaser, or >> totally different mixes. Oh yeah, I also bought a lot of these tunes >> on the Level 5 album as well. With all that said, I think TPTB is >> still a great album and many of the songs have made it into my iPod >> where they pop up from time to time and amaze and inspire. If you're >> looking for an entry to KC, get one of the 3 80's albums or TCOL. I >> think they're better representations of great song writing and >> interesting playing. >> >> Mark Sottilaro >> >