Re: buskers?

[paul <phaslem@wightman.ca>]

Actually the first real introduction to loops that I had beyond playing
with a delay pedal was at the Halifax Buskers festival, round about 1995.
There was an Australian performer named Lindsay Buckland who was playing
appalacian dulcimer and percussion and using a Jamman I think. I still
listen to the couple of cd's that we traded, it was tremendous stuff. My
recollection was that he was doing very well amongst the musicians
because looping was so unique at that time and people were really blown
away with the sound and textures that he could create. We had several
conversations about the possibilities of looping hammered dulcimer which
I eventually began to explore.

Of course in a busking festival the musicians never do well compared to
the jugglers, The advantage of performing at a busking festival is that
at least you don't have to educate people as to what the appropriate
response should be if they enjoy your music... ie don't applaud, just
through money!!!!!

I did several years busking, it's a great training ground to learn how to
entertain and hold an audience. remember they have no reason to stand
there and listen unless they like you.

Paul Haslem
www.dulcify.ca
Ontario, Canada






At 04:50 PM 9/16/2009, you wrote:

Have any of you busked loops? Just wondering what the reaction has been..


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