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Pity - I for one would have: 1) valued greatly the opportunity to see how others use the edp 2) learned new approaches 3) willingly paid real cash money for little clips or a DVD Can I twist your arm? :-) David Kirkdorffer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre LaFosse" <altruist@altruistmusic.com> To: <loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:18 PM Subject: EDP video flake comes clean > Ya boo, > > A certain dayglo green gentleman emailed me to say that the infamous > Echoplex tutorial was an active subject on the list, so I guess I should > re-subscribe temporarily, long enough to pipe in with some words. > > Hans Lindauer was somehow patient enough to put up with me for a weekend > back in the fall of 2002, during which time we shot raw footage for a > propoed EDP tutorial video. The fact that it's never materialized is > basically my fault. > > There are several reasons for my dropping the ball on this, which > probably aren't worth going into enormous detail about on a public list. > The short version of my reasons might include: > > - A whole hell of a lot of things in my professional and personal life > that have happened in the two and a half years since the tutorial > footage was shot, which changed my perspective on the Echoplex and > my use of it (and its role in my life) - not for the worse, by any > means, but definitely for the "different"; > > - Mixed feelings about the value or implications of making a > comprehensive Echoplex lesson available to the public at large, and what > the relative advantages/disadvantages might be; > > - Serious concerns as to whether such a release might be interpreted as > an offensive display of arrogance or self-serving opportunism on my > part, might generate a substantial wave of negativity towards me, or > would simply be considered not valuable to the looping community at > large. (I'll admit that these concerns come largely from the backlash > which drove me off of this list a year ago, and what seemed to me to be > a more or less complete absence - at that time - of any public, on-list > defense of my attempted contributions to this community.) > > - The serious amount of time and money that would be required to get a > final version authored, mastered, manufactured, and made available for > sale, which I'm reluctant to commit to in light of the issues raised above; > > - Similarly, my wish to put more time and energy into being a working > musician and guitar teacher, as opposed to being an Echoplex guru and > mellow-harshing, spam-mongering Looper's Delight troll. > > The last time I talked to Hans, my impression was that he was basically > cool with not doing anything with the footage, which I sincerely hope > was (and is still) indeed the case. (If that's not the case, Hans, then > for Pete's sake drop me a line and kick my ass.) I seriously appreciate > the time and effort he went to in order to get the footage put together > to the extent that he did, as well as the patience he exhibited all > along, and I'm genuinely sorry for not having been able to see the > project through to completion. > > So I guess the official word is that there won't be a release of the > footage shot with Hans back in 2002, either as an official DVD or as > free clips. Maybe there'll be an EDP DVD down the road; maybe I'll make > a new one, maybe someone else will shoot one... we'll see. > > Thanks again to Hans for being cool above and beyond the call of duty, > thanks to those with some interest, and apologies to those who'd like an > apology. > > Seacrest out, > > --Andre LaFosse > The Echoplex Analysis Pages: > http://www.altruistmusic.com/EDP >