Re: the extension of the Keaggy thread about looping live...

["David Beardsley" <db@biink.com>]

RE: the extension of the Keaggy thread about looping live...>----- Original
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>From: Liebig, Steuart A.

>** last week there was an interesting piece on npr about the pejorative
>that is now placed on the word "amateur" and the american preoccupation
>with being "professional" and the fact that making money doing one's "art"
>somehow confers some sort of validation on artistic endeavour.
>also, i've know plenty of musicans who are professional (doing
>movie soundtracks, jingles, album work, etc., many days of the
>week) and play coffeehouses in order to play "their" music - -
>music they truly care about.

I think Steve has the luxury of being able to be creative in his
day job (scoring a Nickleodean show, theatre and other things)
AND to have his own gig. I've heard him at the Knitting Factory, NY
a few times and I know he had a month long gig at the Gugenheim
Museum (not exactly a coffeehouse!) a few years ago.

I know Steve from a Raga class with Michael Harrison (the last piano
tuner for La Monte Young's Well Tuned Piano in the '80's and an amazing
artist in his own right) a few years ago. Steve's a competent musican,
I was impressed with his skill at notating and repeating whatever
Michael dished out. I know I couldn't deal with it.

At the time I didn't know that he had played with David Byrne,
Ruben Blades and others.

So the down homey coments by Steve Lawson aboout making
a demo seem strange, I don't think SL knows where Mr. Sandberg is coming
from.

* David Beardsley
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