Performances Past, Present and Future

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

First, many thanks to Ted for his very kind words on my recital.  I only
wish that my enthusiasm for the performance was comparable to his! 

NOW...  ABOUT THIS LOOPISTS GET-TOGETHER:

I *know* there are more of you out there than those who have already
responded!  I won't attempt to "out" anyone here ;-}, but given that the
web page lists nearly a dozen loop users based on the West Coast (and that
many of them seem to have a slant towards live performance), it really
seems feasible that some sort of summit concert could and should be
arranged.  I've got a couple of ideas in terms of places around LA that
would be likely candidates for the thing to happen; Mr. Killian
recommended Nels Cline, who runs a weekly new music night at the Alligator
Lounge in Santa Monica and who is himself a loopist -- I actually caught a
solo show of his a few weeks ago that leaned heavilly on an old Memory Man
footpedal.  If there's a center for "fringe" music in LA, Nels Cline and
the Alligator are probably it, and there's a guaranteed core constituency
there.  (I do think it would be great to try and present this to an
audience outside of ourselves.)

HOWEVER, before I (or anyone else) starts looking into this, I think it
would be a good idea to find out just how many people are interested, so
as to better determine just what we're trying to organize in the first
place. 

As there seems to be a vast array of musical directions and applications
situated within a relatively small geographic location, I sincerely hope
we can work together to make something happen.  Let's try to pool our 
respective schedules and locales.  

--Andre (non-Jersey edition)