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"Tough fucking crowds here dude." F***kin'-A right, Bubba! Bosstown crowds can be 'wikkid pissa' tough. Closed-minded. Rude. Cold. BUT NOT AS COLD, JADED, OR CYNICAL AS YOUR TYPICAL CLUB OWNER OR BOOKING AGENT, HOWEVER. A tough Boston/Summaville/Cambridge crowd can be won over, can even become warm and friendly if they take a liking to you, but if Mister "I-hate-everything-and-everybody-and-I-just-wanna-book-my-friends'-bands" Booking Guy doesn't wanna take a chance on you, it stops right there, and you've either gotta try another club, or wait until the management gets tired of Mister Jaded and hopefully replaces him with someone who will at least give you one gig to prove yourself. Boston clubs, by and large, have no built-in crowd, depending entirely on the band to bring people in and make up for the club's lack of advertising and/or suboptimal location. Otherwise, it's just the "regulars," a bunch of 5 or 6 hard-core juicers that make Barney from the Simpsons seem lucid. But given the choice between putting up with this half-assed bullsh*t and not playing out at all, of course I choose to play. We play. It's what we do. ~Tim > [Original Message] > From: David Kirkdorffer <vze2ncsr@verizon.net> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Date: 3/7/2005 7:26:18 PM > Subject: Re: A poll--shoes off? (was RE: video: ableton live) > > 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 > > > > >