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I like the idea of this. As one who travels a lot for performances, it'd be a great way to put together shows as well as be a great resource for trying to put together festivals. Noah On Sat, September 21, 2013 2:08 am, Z wrote: > Very interesting idea, but I don't see the point of having a > 'confidential' list. Beyond a public database driven list of Live-looping > URLs with contact emails and some geographical and style indications, > isn't there much more necessary? > z > http://zzz.ch > >> Le 16 sept. 2013 à 00:39, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> a écrit : >> >> Towards The Creation of an INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING LIVE LOOPERS DATABASE >> >> CARPE DIEM: to all the Live Loopers who have traveled a long or short >> distance to, and performed at an International Live Looping Festival: >> >> I am so gratified that the International Live Looping Festival concept >> that we pioneered in 2001 has spread, this summer to London, Paris, >> Cologne, Berlin, Neunkirch (Switzerland) and in a few weeks, to >> Portland, Seattle, San Jose, Santa Cruz and San Antonio. >> >> It suddenly occurs to me that with possible similar festivals planned >> next summer/fall in Florence, Rome, Vienna, Zurich, Zaghreb, Tallinn, >> Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka, Bangkok, Manila with the addition of repeats in >> all the places that had them this year >> >> ....that we are now poised to create a DATABASE of live looping artists >> with contact numbers so that we can all, within our means, begin to >> travel to other cities and countries to continue our artistry. >> >> To be willing to say to the Live Looping community, "I live in this >> city and I would gladly put you up for a couple of days if you came here >> to do a live looping gig that I produce for us", whether that gig be a >> one off event or a small or even large festival" >> would greatly reduce the cost of travel and increase our community. >> >> In that spirit, I would like to propose that we create such a list. >> replete with >> a photo, URL of website or sound/video examples, description/bio of >> yourself as an artist (brief) and contact information for other loopers >> to connect with you. >> >> 1) It will need to be collated before it is made public and should >> probably be >> sent to an individual collaters e-mail list, instead of these forums >> 2) Whoever collates it (and I will volunteer if there are no other >> volunteers though I'm in the middle of coordinating the large main >> festival so it will take me a bit of time) should then post it to >> a) www.livelooping.org >> b) www.loopersdelight.com >> c) this Loopers Delight Face Book Page as a document >> d) any other relevant music forum that we think is appropriate >> 3) WHOEVER HAS ACCESS TO THIS LIST SHOULD PROMISE TO USE IT ONLY FOR THE >> PURPOSES OF CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY and SHOULD NOT give it out for any >> other promotional purposes or sell it to anyone for commercial gain. >> >> I would imagine that it would be easiest to send to an individual e-mail >> address for the time being . >> >> Would anyone want to volunteer to help me with such a database (even >> just taking in information now until the Main Festival is over). >> >> Rick Walker >> founder Y2K13 International Live Looping Festivals >> > > Peterson Entertainment, Llc 999 East Basse Road #180-117 San Antonio, TX 78209 503-703-9516 -- www.noahpeterson.com www.petersonentertainment.com