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Hmmm, let's just put two and two together and get this out in the open: - I have a bachelor's degree in Philosophy, meaning I like to debate - I have a master's degree in Technical Communication, meaning I like to write - I am a musician, meaning I have an artistic side and I'm passionate about it - I work for a major fortune 500 computer/technology company, meaning I'm addicted to the computer! Well, there you have it...inevitable misery for eternity! Congratulations on the opening up gig, David! I saw future man here in Boise with Bella. Amazing. I'd like to try to get my didgeridu player to put a bunch of trigger buttons on his didg so he can do crazy stuff like that while playing. K- -----Original Message----- From: David Trenkel [mailto:improv@peak.org] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:45 PM To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Re: Why I'm starting to loath news paper music critics On Monday, June 20, 2005, at 05:04 PM, Hartung, Kris wrote: > > > Ahhhh yes, all this discussion about music critics and evaluation > reminds me of the days when was getting my philosophy degree and we > attended inter-collegiate debates on topics within various > philosophical departments like ontology, epistemology, metaphysics, > ethics, philosophy of science, etc...ohhhh the horrors...there was > gnashing of teeth, laser beam glares, and viscious, caustic remarks. > But then afterwards we went the the pub, smoked cubanos, and got > stinkin' drunk together on dark beer. It's a shame we can't do that > here! > Ahhh, yeah, some of my fondest college memories were of getting drunk with my philosophy professors as well. As I remember, and the memories are vague, bourbon was the drink of choice. And I wasn't even a philosophy major! It was just that none of my music or computer science profs were any fun to go drinking with. Kris, I've caught up to this thread today, having been on the road with limited email access for the last 2 weeks. I know exactly how you feel about the review, and have definitely had the urge to tell critics just exactly how wrong they are about my music. And I've had a few doozies, like the time a 3-band compilation 10" I was on was reviewed by a leading regional music mag, and the reviewer had all the wrong tracks associated with each band. And it didn't really matter anyway, because he hated all 3 bands. But, whether it was the right thing to do or not, I've generally kept quiet about it. As someone mentioned earlier, you can definitely get a few blurbs from the review that would look positive in your press kit. And that's about the most you can expect from any review. Hell, from reading the review, I'd probably buy your record. But I'm an aging wierdo music dork and not part of any important demographic you should be marketing to anyway... BTW, I'm totally stoked, my band is opening for Roy "futureman" Wooten this week! From the press for his current show, it sounds like he's doing some very interesting stuff with live looping on this show, a duet with a DJ. Check out http://www.wowhall.org/events.php for some press about the show, and there are some pictures of his setup at http://www.futuremanmusic.com/eyes.html. Sounds like a very interesting show!