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Re: YOUR FANTASY BAND



i wanna jam with JIMI


-----Original Message-----
>From: Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 8, 2011 7:05 PM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Cc: tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>
>Subject: Re: YOUR FANTASY BAND
>
>Sorry Ted, I can't do any better. That would be my fantasy band as well!
>
>On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:01 PM, tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> 
>wrote:
>> Hi gang,
>>
>> Just for the grins and giggles of it, I thought I'd post something a 
>little
>> different today.
>>
>> Being sort of tired of heavy deep and philosophical discussions and/or
>> obscure technical problem-solving for gear or software many of us don't 
>own
>> (and likely never will).
>>
>> Here is my proposal for a question:
>>
>> If you could form a performing ensemble of any sort or size, with anyone
>> living or dead, sky's the limit, who would it be?
>>
>> This is something akin to daydreaming of what you'd do if you won the
>> lottery, I admit (or something ridiculous like that), and serves about 
>as
>> much practical use.
>>
>> But it could be fun.
>>
>> I'm still thinking about mine . . .
>>
>> A lot of people I really like as individual musicians often would make 
>odd
>> or even impossible pairings stylistically.
>>
>> Of course this is all nonsense, and they'd never play with the likes of 
>me
>> anyway.
>>
>> But, as silly as it may be, it's fun to daydream.
>>
>> I'd like to play in a band that had . . .
>>
>>        Cuong Vu: trumpet
>>
>>        Mick Karn: bass
>>
>>        Joey Baron: drums
>>
>>        Dawn Upshaw: vocals (operatic soprano)
>>
>>        Kronos Quartet: strings
>>
>>        Sonny Sharrock on one guitar
>>
>>        And moi: on another guitar (and loops).
>>
>> Sort of a pickles and pudding combination, I admit . . . but that's me.
>>
>> Now it's your turn.
>>
>>        [fill in the blanks]
>>
>> Have fun...
>>
>> Ted
>>
>>
>
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>Art Simon
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