Re: zen and the fluent music

["L. Angulo" <labalou2000@yahoo.com>]

Well Kris thats great man,you are looping backwards;-)
is usually the other way around the more popular
musicians get(or enter the professional artistry)the
more they make compromises!
if you enjoy what you are doing and do it well,there
is not much that can go wrong,also being booked in the
right places is very important...but there is no
denying that we all crave recognition and attention.
Luis

--- Per Boysen <per@boysen.se> wrote:

> I'd say this is "a problem" everyone has. It's a
> choice every artist  
> has to make; to play for himself or to adapt his
> expression.  
> Personally I tend to play for myself and the
> musicians I like to  
> listen to also do that. Devotion seems to radiate
> and it appears as  
> most audiences actually are more interested in
> someone doing it for  
> himself than an player that bases his expression
> partly on what he  
> thinks the listener expects him to deliver. As long
> as you manage to  
> stay away from professional artistry this is all a
> piece of pancake.  
> It may be more difficult to maintain that attitude
> among investors  
> and brokers. You have to be ruthless to be true.
> 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.looproom.com (international)
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> --->  iTunes Music Store (digital)
> www.cdbaby.com/perboysen
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 17, 2005, at 7:04, Hartung, Kris wrote:
> 
> > The question is, how long can I maintain it? I'm
> not sure how long  
> > I can
> > maintain concern and interest in pleasing an
> audience....as I find
> > myself getting more self-indulgent and
> introspective in my playing  
> > over
> > the years. Does anyone else have this problem? I
> think the looping  
> > as a
> > soloist brought this out in me more...it's very
> easy for me to get  
> > lost
> > in myself up there with the EDPs and my
> instrument. I don't know  
> > why, I
> > just find my feelings gravitating toward more and
> more abstract and
> > obscure composition.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nemoguitt@verizon.net
> [mailto:nemoguitt@verizon.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:33 PM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Re: RE: zen and the fluent music
> >
> > I can tell a
> >
> >> story that is completey atonal, and that is not
> appealing to  
> >> everyone.
> >> I can also tell a story that is very "pretty" and
> melodic. That seems
> >> to attract a lot of people. I can see it in their
> faces and eyes  
> >> when I
> >>
> >
> >
> >> play and watch them...it's like an experiment.
> >>
> >
> >
> > i see you already do both.....there ya go!.....mic
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


www.luis-angulo.com

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