From: tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 12:09:36
PM
Subject: MUSING ON
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, WETWARE: Was Re: OT: Lexicon Vortex (maybe) For
Sale
Jeff,
I will only sell those off (and most any other
item I currently, actually use) when the unlikely day comes that I am able to
go all-laptop.
It is looking more and more to me (now that I have a
speedy laptop, software and MOTU interface) that hardware will always, always
have a major place in my musical life.
So much of my way of working and
my "sound" is wrapped up in pedals on the floor and racks of metal boxes with
funny names (all of which I KNOW how to use) and the software learning curve
is so damn steep.
The sad part of this is that it pretty much means
that my live performing days are over (in terms of traveling with my whole
rig).
I'm to old and out of shape to do it any more.
I've tried
doing it with less and have seldom found it anywhere close to being
satisfactory.
I am sure that MAX MSP will open new vistas for me when I
finally get into it (so there is still hope I suppose).
But, in the
end, I imagine that the whole laptop thing will be just one more thing that I
ad to the setup I'm already working with - thereby making it even more
complicated and cumbersome.
I will probably have little opportunity or
use for venturing out beyond my own home playing space (garage) unless some
very stiff requirements are met for a gig.
• At least a little help
schlepping gear in.
• Lots of time for setup, trouble-shooting and
sound-checking.
• An hour or 2 rest (a nap and a shower and a change of
clothes) between setting up and actually performing.
That is much too
much to expect for nearly any gig or festival that I'd be likely to be invited
to (all except Krispen's B-CIMF maybe).
I am getting geriatric,
helpless and pathetic.
Every so often I have to walk with a cane (bad
knee).
I used to be physically strong enough that lifting a 200 Lb.
rack from the ground to the van was something I could do all by
myself.
Now I can barely bend over to pick up a coin when I've dropped
one (bad back), and getting my own sad, bulky carcass into the van is leaves
me winded (asthma).
I am really ready for the loopers retirement home .
. . or monastery . . . or whatever (graveyard).
The "wetware" (the
body) is finally wearing out.
It's just another phase of
life.
Best,
Ted
On Jul 17, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Jeff Duke
wrote:
> wanna sell a Akira? :)
>
>
J