Re: Off Topic-indulge me please

[Tony Moore <tony-moore@juno.com>]

yep, interesting thread! 

i'm 30-something, married for 10 years now, have dos chicas pequeñas muy
hermosas (2 and 4) and now have a 'normal' job, tho' the jury is out on
how long i'll last :-)   i guess up until the job, i was a
semi-professional musician. meaning i got paid pretty well to gig and
record, more than usually as a bassist supporting a singer-songwriter of
some sort. i got into this looping thing after playing in band called
monk (hence the ric hordinski connection) back east. so now i loop at
home and also a bit with the trio i play with here in la. i've recorded a
bunch of looping bits and pieces in my little home studio and am working
with using acid to make something of the mess. since i've yet to do a
solo looping gig, i'm anxious for the first la loop feste next week to
see steve, ric, and andre tear it up :-)

anyway, i really have enjoyed and learned alot from this list. thanks to
kim et al!

tony

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 21:27:40 -0600 Goddess <thefates@earthlink.net>
writes:
>   Jehn, no, don't worry about this thread!  As a couple of others 
> have
> said, I also am enjoying this one immencely!  -and yes, Kim is a 
> male.
> Also, I think there's another woman here as well, Nicki,  I believe 
> that's
> how she spells it...  anyway, There was another woman on list a 
> while ago
> when I was here last, and her husband was also on-list.  -Very, very 
> nice
> people.  anyway, -just blabbing, and thanks very much for starting 
> this
> thread!  
> 
> Smiles,
> 
> Goddess
> 
> At 06:27 PM 6/24/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >Probably the most striking aspect of this list is that I am one of 
> two
> >females. I had been trying to do as much as I could with my music, 
> but in a
> >mere 5 years, where I'm turning 31, I've had two daughters, 
> married,
> >divorced, engaged a second time, had 5 different addresses, and 
> still
> >managed to play shows (being 8 months pregnant sleeping on a 
> hardwood floor
> >driving 8 hours alone in a 77 volvo I had bought the week before at 
> a yard
> >sale!)..it's been hard for me to finally settle into the aspect of 
> "family"
> >when I find myself consumed by the need to sing. There are times 
> that I want
> >to take off, and not come back..live in my car and play shows. But 
> I know
> >that I have a beautiful young family that needs me, and I know I 
> need them.
> >This probably sounds quite ridiculous, especially to the 
> established,
> >professional musician, but I suppose there are many 
> music-makers..wary of
> >the "record-deal", who still need to make the music, if only to 
> satisfy
> >their soul, and perhaps the souls of other listeners.
> >Anyhow, I promise not to post many more things of this nature. I'd 
> rather
> >talk about why is it that my Echo plus pedal is blowing up in a 
> burst of
> >cacaphony when it receives a signal. And one more thing..where ARE 
> the women
> >on this board?? Kim? Goddess? (Is Kim male?)
> >Jehn
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "roberto" <roberto@nomade.worldonline.co.uk>
> >To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> >Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 5:42 PM
> >Subject: Re: Off Topic-indulge me please
> >
> >
> >> Dear all
> >>
> >> I have been following with interest the "Off Topic-indulge me 
> please"
> >> thread. I find it somehow very reassuring to know that behind the 
> knobs
> >and
> >> technical competence there are human beings. Even more so when it 
> appears
> >> that these human beings share so much beyond a common interest in 
> music
> >and
> >> open minded experimentation.
> >> Despite my dislike for statistics and averages a sort of 
> identikit seem to
> >> emerge from these postings, which may be of some 
> "social-anthropological"
> >> interest - correct me if I'm wrong.
> >> Most of us seem to be male, over 40 (I'm 44); not many seem to 
> make a
> >living
> >> out of music (I don't); Many seem to be engaged in either 
> lecturing or
> >> designing/producing media (I'm a lecturer in 
> multimedia/communication and
> >a
> >> freelance designer for web-cdrom-video-imaging); many seem to 
> have young
> >> children (my boy is 7) and share concerns like how to let them 
> grow with
> >an
> >> open mind and varied interests while protecting them from the 
> tv-induced
> >> brainwashing and exaggerated consumerism. Some seem to have been 
> lucky or
> >> skilful enough to achieve lasting and fulfilling relationships 
> (like the
> >one
> >> who is getting "married for real" after 10 years of partnership,
> >> congratulations!), others less so (like the one who keeps the 
> wife happy
> >by
> >> doing some gardening) (I am divorced).
> >>
> >> One thing strikes me: where are the young ones? One or two 
> generations
> >seem
> >> to have been skipped - will our children pick up from where we 
> left and
> >> develop something new?
> >> My child sings, messes about with any musical instrument he 
> finds, paints,
> >> draws and invents stories. More than anything else, he has 
> opinions and
> >> understands quite well the world around him. A great companion!
> >>
> >> Another curious element is how, from many different starting 
> points, we
> >> converged to this point, this music, this list...
> >> It's like the invisible paths that lead different music styles 
> and
> >> traditions to meet and merge creating something new and ancestral 
> at the
> >> same time.
> >> Well, forgive the digression - this is a unique list indeed!
> >>
> >> with friendship to all
> >>
> >> Roberto
> >>
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