Re: Expectations, artifice, and a hell of a can of worms

["Nic Roozeboom" <nicroozeboom@hotmail.com>]

>I've
>played in configuarations from duos to 18 member ensembles and looping 
>still
>does the most
>for me in a musical sense. Money? I work in an industrial laundry for 
>that,
>no need to
>pimp out the best "personal truth through art" I can experience..... for a
>buck.
>
>My  -2 cents worth.....happy new year.
>
>                                                     bryan helm
>

I'm one of those "amateurs by choice" - my day job affords me the liberty 
and resources (if not all the time I would like) to practice my art :-) 
without burdening it with the weight of responsibility to provide a source 
of income. As such, most of my looping is enjoyed by an audience of me. 
I'm 
fortunate also to be in a band that is quite appreciative of my loopiness, 
and has embraced it as an element of our overall sound and approach to 
improvisation as well as composition. Only in select instances do we play 
anything entirely dependent on looping. This unburdens the looping per se 
even further, providing me an outlet yet avoiding my having to stave my 
emotional involvement with it on an audience's response (a vulnerable spot 
to put oneself in anyway, as evident in the posting that got this thread 
started... hmmm, hard to tell which one that was).

I admit I sometimes envy those professionals (used in a strict sense, not 
blowing on cinders here;-) for having been fortunate to pursue a life 
calling, that is, without the duality inherent in a dayjob/ passionate 
hobby 
arrangement. But then again, there's admittedly a lot of dualities to be 
dealt with in a professional musician's life, and I did start off by 
counting blessings here...

I just wanted to say I've been thoroughly enjoying the past few days of 
spending a little more time listening in on a few truly wonderful 
discussions here, with real insights, observations, wisdom and experience 
being so gracefully shared. Loopers' Delight is to me a joy to be a part 
of 
and an example for any public forum. (Again with the counting of 
blessings..;-)

Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy, humanly safe and musically 
adventurous 2002.

Nic



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