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Re: Female Loopers?
In a message dated 4/28/00 1:26:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
reverendrob@realm-of-shade.com writes:
<< I hate "fans." I really do. >>
& boy oh boy, you seem to have a propensity to vomit if an agenda is not
in
line with your agenda. That seems to say that u must have a lot of
hostility
or a digestive problem young man :) I know just the cure for that
mindset...LOL
I know that as a looping male geetar player, I react with over-analysis
paralysis whenever anyone points out that i have a tendancy to gravitate
toward the perspective that how i am and how i do things is who i am
regardless as to whether or not i am inclusive or exclusive. I have a
tendancy to immediately offer an in depth break down of how my thoughts
are
processed and finalized focusig on me, me me & more me.
I have also come to accept how much slime men are and continue to be ...u
too
must accept this "herstorical' truth and submit with exceptional PC
grace
and guilt- GRIN!
& I do know the women & men in AKASH are out to get chicks so we are
guilty
of that rock n roll myth/stereotype but can you really call us cock
rockers...i wont go down there.....:-)
But I think im the only person in AKASH other than the drummer who would
be
aware of Flexxus and The Tubes...definitely not our vibe though u can draw
a
number of evolutionary parallels from them to what we do today but that is
not quite our game.
Pornography and blatent sexuality be it erotica or intended to be
gratuitous
and graphic and or distasteful imagery is very very very chic right now
and
more mainstream than ever among more women than ever.
We also find porn and loops go hand and hand - no puns intended and have
done
so for years in the scope of film and video. it was a natural combination
to
make. we just make it so matter of fact that I dont think there really is
any
shock value we (dah band ) get out of indulging porn or using porn
publicly
as a backdrop to loops. it is nothing new the music & porn thang but it is
an
extension of the way we all lead our lives as individuals apart from the
band.
and if T&A were the common denominator and the entertainment factor were
the
only thing we had going as an act, people woulda been gone say 2 yrs
ago...cuz u can only shock so much and reveal so much until it becomes
boring...
AKASH walks a lot of lines and starts off and remains outside a lot of
things
but it is always inside the realm of what it needs to be.
But secretly everyone in AKASH has developed & perfected clones of
themselves.
just try to think of them clones as little mini mees running amuck in
coffee
shops to heckle all those slimey, male geetar playas with lotsa loop gear
who
play really exclusive and very introspective soundscapes. BTW, Next week
we
are targeting stick players and folks with no exposure to Camille Paglia's
writings...look out cause the mini mees are coming to get you !
& Music does not have to be good or sincere or even well executed for a
band
or individual to be successful or well received.
to be successful & make $$$ at playing music you need to be derrivative,
have
the ability for many different outlets of commerce to co-brand your image
and
music and have lots of people wanna be like you. & having teenaged girls
talk
about u in chat rooms will boost record sales too ...we aim for that
moment
where we can be on the cover of Teeny Bop Sensation Mag & Ms Magazine.
And of course women read books & women dig porn and hang out in coffee
shops
too...but i have noticed gals are not really into guys that are so into
themselves and their gizmo gadgets as much as the dudes who can make it
seem
like that the book they have in their hands is being read especially for
them
or the men who can make their gadgets work in areas that hit closer to
shall
we say a deeper feminine perspective.
( BTW, I should know about women cuz im in a band and i go to borders but
i
tend to like books with pictures ... the ones with staples in em...i read
em
more so for the pics than the words :)
AKASH wants to be the dominator of all things that are curmudgingly yours
too
Reverend... regardless of like and dislike which seems to have a strong
hold
on you.
A little fun and a lot of seduction plus a williness to not be ghettoized
or
relgated to a so called community where other people think loop musicians
should be or look / sound and act like is what i was getting at in my
first
post along with reasons why women are tuned off to the loop music in
general
( not absolute ) and it was speculation on observations..pure subjective
speculation that i like to call an opinion :)
& BTW, I'm located in dwntwn Philly.
This is a loopey town that is rich with lots of very good and a number of
very bad musians just like anywhere in a major metro city. and just like
anywhere else, Philly has the eternal problem of too few places to play
and
perform matched against the number of musicians available and interested
in
performing and playing.
i would also say the only loop oriented show in Philly where I actually
saw a
fair turn-out of women was when David Torn played at a Stars end gathering
at
UPENN in 98; ummm, i think it was in 98...but i'm sure there are other
philly
loopers on the list who were at that show who have better momories than
this
one here.
Sorta related here is that another band I play with did a bill with JFK's
LSD
UFO last year @ pi-lam in west philly (im the geetar slinger for temple of
Bon Matin).
we were all very impressed by the drum work and loop work the female
drummer
laid out ( andre was killa too ) ..very very very tastey stuff and very
powerful seeing a female drummer and one that was looping really cool
"waveforms".
Nowadays u do see more women dj's ( trance/drum n bass ) who are doing
loopey
things w/ delay pedals that are kinda cool but there are no women in
Philly
that are looping to my knowledge in the gear heavy manner me and all the
other boys do ( bear in mind my knowledge of philly's local scene is
admittedly very limited concerning detals on whos other than this being
roots, josh wink and king britt country ).
Here in philly, loop music is almost always relegated to the realm of the
experimental...and i hate that definition but not to the point of
vomiting...so i choose to define or redefine myself in ways that are of my
choice & need. & that is sorta just like a lot of other loop musicians who
are doing things loop related in their own necessary ways.
my other point was that the affectionately dubbed status quo i referred to
were not really doing anything other than perprtuating themselves and
their
gear exhibition upon people/their communities ( not necessarily a bad
thing...but definitely not my thang and imho never is it musical but
defining
what is musical is like saying u have a blanket definition for what makes
something a work of art - good luck analyzing that one ).
Since when was ambition and inclusiveness such a hard thing to swallow ?
...
The answer depends on how you define those 2 words and execute the so
called
agenda :)
Regards,
JP