re: jealous of bay area gigs

[Edwin Hurwitz <edwin@indra.com>]

Thanks to Rick for all the advice! Actually, I have done a number of 
looping shows here in Boulder at Penny Lane and have been pretty well 
received. Danny Shafer, who books the shows there, is a big fan, so 
it's pretty easy to get a date. I also participated in a performance 
of Cobra, John Zorn's musical game, directed by Erik Deutsch, in 
which some looping was done (also a weird version of manual looping 
where one musician has to take over the part of another, so that as a 
bass player (which really didn't sound like bass, but we all know 
that) I had to manually loop parts from trumpet players (Ron Miles), 
percussionists (Jamie Janover) turntablists, ouds, drumsets, etc, 
etc). Erik and I have also done looping gigs at other coffee houses, 
etc.


It's been hard to keep the momentum, though. There is a small, 
enthusiastic audience, but it gets saturated quickly. I think what I 
miss from the bigger cities is the diversity of audience and 
performers, where there is enough going on so that each event doesn't 
have to start from absolute scratch. Anyway, maybe it's time for us 
Front Range loopers to identify ourselves and get a real show 
together!

Edwin
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Edwin Hurwitz
Boulder CO
http://www.indra.com/~edwin
http://www.cafemontalban.com Location Recording Services