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I agree on the inspiration, Joe. Every time I see this many performers in a row, there are inevitably a few that get me thinking seriously (or obsessively) about something...trying something new, going back to something old, mixing things up, questioning, validating, contradicting, etc. This time, Philipp "zurrigo" Zürcher, who I thought put on a mind-blowing performance, even despite the fact that he lost his EDP and had to program a new one 15 min. before his set (and continually programmed it throughout his performance) really planted a seed in my gut and psyche....got me thinking how I've really neglected my jazz and avant-garde jazz background and influence with my recent looping performances...how much I've turned to technology, gadgetry, and VST effects to produce my sound, rather than just the notes of the instrument itself (though ironically I love it all! I love toys!). I have a gig coming up in Boise next week...I am actually thinking of taking just one EDP, my hollow body electric, and one speaker, just to prove that I can actually play my damn instrument again and make music with my own flesh and blood, like Philipp. And what he had to do on that first song is an intense existential phenomenon I think...something I've experienced myself, and I really felt for him....where I too lost my looping gear minutes before a set, and had to play solo. It made me feel really vulnerable and exposed, and periodically inadequate as a musician that I didn't actually have a non-solo looping set worked up....that as an artist and a musical identify, I could actually be dependent on technology to express myself comfortably. So to see someone lose their tool and still be able to make amazing music is for me, personally and emotively, a defining experience that forces me back to my roots, and makes me think hard how I can bring the two worlds back together again....like what Joe Morris might do with an EDP, man.....doesn't need no freakin' mammoth stack of VST effects, Eventide, or 10 minutes of layered loops to finally make a musical point. Again, I love it all here...just conveying my internal conflict and strife....you've all done it, probably. Just too much music drilled into my head from those webcast headphones all weekend. I've overwhelmed....desensitized, confused, in awe.... I'm not making any judgments here, just expressing my introspections on how the music made me feel as a looper and artist. I'm purposively contradicting myself. That's how I work things out and evolve. It is always bitter-sweet for me after these events. I walk away rejoicing in the diversity and amazing talent, but weighed down with deep thoughts, self-doubt, internal conflict, etc. And Joe/Lucio - I really enjoyed your set too....very intense and free. I also liked Ghost7's set...some really innovative stuff on the bass. And of course, Rick never stops amazing me with what he can do with just about any household item for looping, and how he does so with such free, amost child-like glee and purity. I usually like the free improv more than composed works, but this time my awe came from both sides. Many others I liked...just can't think straight to get it in email now....plus I'm still stuck in the freakin' airport - 7 hour delay. ...I have to re-think things now. I'm just getting more disturbed as I write more.... Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe rut" <joerut@lycos.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 1:39 PM Subject: Re: Y2K5 ends WOW!!! indeed. Thanks SOOOOOO much to Rick for his amazing efforts to pull this off, to Kris Hartung for streaming the audio, to Bill Walker for setting up the sound system at the last minute venue, and to everyone who played, took photos, worked the door, helped clean up, etc.,etc. It took a lot of people to make this happen. I am so inspired after Sunday's show that I came into my studio early this morning and tackled some mundane rewiring and remodeling tasks that I've been putting off for months. Now on to making music!!!! Hooray for music!! Joe Rut ----- Original Message ----- From: "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com> To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Subject: Y2K5 ends Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 03:07:05 -0700 > > WOW!!!!!!!!!! > > that's all I can say, except that the annual loopers luncheon will > be at the Walnut Street Cafe today (monday) at 1:00 p.m. > (that's at Walnut Street one street over from the venue). > > then if you are still around, we'll go invade Goth night for the > Loopers afterparty (Blue Lagoon - 10:30 p.m.) > > I'm going to sleep for a long time now. > > r. -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10