Re: A poll--shoes off? (was RE: video: ableton live)

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

Kris -

Yeah it's about the music -- and yeah this is a kind of silly topic.  And
silly can be fun too.  And informative.

Thing is, if you think people don't have feelings and impressions about 
your
music based on how you look, how you act, and how you speak, then you're
fooling yourself, mate.

If your really good, people will forgive shortcomings *they perceive* in 
how
you look, how you act and how you speak.  Or not.  People are that way.
Unpredictable.   I'm not saying you should change how you are -- but it's
good to be aware of what impressions you are making.

Where I play, I would never consider performing shoes off, rack in front of
me and sitting down with headphones.  I'm not sure I'm good enough to
overcome all the collected prejudices I feel my audiences have towards 
these
things.  I'm in Boston.  Tough fucking crowds here dude.

David



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 1:19 PM
Subject: RE: A poll--shoes off? (was RE: video: ableton live)


> Regarding whether people wear shoes or not, sit or stand up, where
> headphones or not, have their rack in front of them or to the side...
>
> ...who the #!@*!#  cares?  It's about the music, right? Is this a show
> n' tell of subjective opinions on what everyone does, or  just an excuse
> to criticize personal style?
>
> Good grief...sometimes the topics in this group are best fit for the
> Opra show.  What's next....whether loopers should wear stage makeup or
> not?  Oh my, what color underwear to you have on when you play?  My
> god....loopers fall victim to self-esteem problems because of lack of
> spousal support of their art...I can see it already on the news and
> headlines.  Cripes o'mighty....please don't wear horizontal stripes when
> you play...it makes you look fat. Don't make me send you to theh "What
> Not to Wear" folks on TV
>
> Sorry....bad morning, I guess....need more coffee ;)
>
> Hey, anyone interested in buying my two Vortex units (with foot
> switches), Boss SX-700,  and Akira? I'm one disgruntled SOB. I was up
> until midnight tearning my rack down, and condensing to two three space
> racks, and one four space rack.  I'm using my laptop for some effects,
> and getting rid of others....just one step closer to going all laptop.
> The Akria might already be reserved for someone on this group....if that
> person (you know who you are, sends me a note).
>
> I'll probably put this stuff on eBay this week and get what I paid out
> of it,but I'd rather sell personally via PayPal to avoid the eBay costs
> (greedy SOBs)
>
> Kris
>
>