BRACE YOURSELVES!!!

[The Man Himself <altruist@shoko.CALARTS.EDU>]

Peeples --

I've been thinking about this since I started compiling submissions for 
the profile list, and now I want to see what y'all think about it.

The idea is this: To try and stage some sort of live gathering of loop
artists.  Once again, I'm taking a cue from the Stick community, who
organized a "Stick Night" at the Iguana here in LA a couple of years ago. 
Seeing as there are so many loopists based in California, it seems to me
that it would be feasible to try and arrange some sort of multi-artist
gathering/performance thing.  The results could even be recorded and
distributed for posterity. 

So what do you people think?  Is there sufficient interest and ability
among those of us on the West Coast to try to arrange a regional meeting
and performance?  Who would be into it?  Where would be the best location,
both in terms of travel logistics and in terms of finding an appropriate
venue?  For that matter, what sort of venue should we consider? 

(And beyond that, is there a concentration of loopists in some other part 
of the country where a different regional performance could be staged?)

OK, your turn.  Tell me what you all think about this.  My feeling is, 
there are enough of us concentrated in a relatively local orientation 
that something like this really should be tried.

'Till next time,

--Andre (West Coast edition)