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have a great festival rick! new york is COLD...!! On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 02:19 PM, Rick Walker/Loop.pooL wrote: > > for the record: > > I really like Mark Sottilaro a lot. I value his presence on the list. > I really like Kim Flint a lot. I value his presence (and reluctant > leadership of this community) a lot. > > They both think I'm full of shit with this whole live looping thingee. > > It's really okay. I'm nor losing sleep over it, really (all though I > am > losing sleep or the rash of last minute > cancellations and shedule changes for this weekends > festivals.........lol) > > Mark and I will laugh and laugh the next time we get together. > Shit, as > of tonight, we'll > both have blue hair...........along with Kim's purple ponytailed > coder/mullet that makes us probably the only > loopers on this list who have wierd hair colors. We're brothers in > that > respect at least.............and I really dug > Marks' set at Loopstock and am really sad that he doesn't want to > participate, but that's okay, too. > > I HAVE been oversensitive on this list about criticism of promoting the > looping festivals and the live looping scene. > In particular, I was really hurt at the time my mom died when Kim was > so > critical of the scene. > > But that is also okay. > > My working definition of intimacy is that we have the ability to share > negativity with each other > and can still be friends. It's okay. Not everybody gets a thrill > out of > playing our little, 'self congratulatory' > live looping festivals. A lot do though, and it makes my year to > attend > Loopfest or the Y2K_ series. I've really > forged some great friendships. > > As far as criticism goes, the way I see it, if you are doing > something with > all of your heart > and you are really putting yourself out in the public eye, you are > going to > piss off, threaten, annoy and otherwise > cause negative attention in a certain population. > > I've tried as much as possible to serve my community (or percieved > community) with my efforts in the last five years > here at Loopers Delight. > > Do I have an ego? Of course I do. Any musician who puts what they > are > doing out > to the public has to have some ego.........otherwise you just sit in > your > bedroom never interacting with people. > Do I care about trying hard to create a nurturing and supportive > community > that produces exciting events > for people to play at and attend. You bet. > > Do I think that I"m God's gift to the looping > world.........................FUCK NO!!!!!!! I just want to have > places > to play, exciting events to attend and a loving and supportive > community to > be a part of.............it's really that simple > > > ************* > > Also, I wanted to say something that is very obvious to me about (and > a few > people just don't get) this whole '1st LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL strategy > that > I use (shamelessly, I have to admit). > > I have been a successful publicist for over 25 years in the music > business. > What I have learned is: Like a good pop > song, you have to have a "hook" to get the journalists, radio DJs and > the > public interested in what you are doing: > ESPECIALLY IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST conveniently in the > traditional record store categories. > > Using this strategy has gotten our live looping scene a tremendous > amount of > press. By merely calling something what it is > (and Mark, for the past four years, NOONE in San Francisco has put on a > specific live looping festival to my knowledge, despite the > really large number of excellent looping artists that reside in that > city). > > It's a ploy to get established folks!!!!!! I'm surprised that so > many > critics of this strategy have never really looked at what it's purpose > is > forIt's also a great thing to put on a resume when one is trying to > apply > for other music festivals or for musical grants. > Because a lot of people in this community are really striving to be > innovative musically (including the wonderful Andre La Fosse who wants > absolutely nothing to do with the live looping movement) we have to > rely on > festivals, grants and unusual gigs to get our asses out there. > > that's all that its' about: PUTTING IT OUT THERE. Creating > something > out of nothing. > > > It takes courage and chutzpah to put something out to the > world...............if you could see the excitement and nervousness > of the > newbies who play these festivals for the first > time.....................you > would realize that all the hype and all the arguments on the list > and all the hours and all the money are well, well worth it. > > The next time you are critical of this process (which is okay by me) > ask > yourself this.......................when was the last time I played > out.............when was the last time I released a CD........... > > Come participate if it floats your > boat..................................boycott it if it floats your > boat. > > I, myself, am planning to really enjoy myself this weekend because I > will > get to sit back and here a lot of courageous people > express themselves creatively. > > Can that be such a bad thing? > > yours, Rick Walker >