Re: NAMM Redux

[ArsOcarina@aol.com]

Rick,

In a message dated 1/21/03 11:28:44 PM, GLOBAL@cruzio.com writes:

>I feel very sheepish because I suggested the ANNUAL NAMM AD HOC
>LOOPERS DELIGHT LUNCHEON and didn't attend.

Heheheh. Ain't that the way? We missed your energetic presence
Ricko! Several of us gathered at the crossroads in front of the 
EH booth (it was in the same place as last year, #5396). Then we
waited around a while to see who would show up.

Max Valentino
Richard Zvonar
Steve Lawson
Kim Flint
John Wagner
Bill Walker
Me . . .

My Teflon® coated "old guy" brain refuses to register other names.
If there were any, please forgive their omission due to my poorly 
functioning gray matter. Anywho, the confab eventually split up
and Kim, John, Bill and I all then went off to the belly of the nearby 
Marriott hotel to "do lunch." Very pleasant food and company it 
was indeed too. 

I understand that David Torn Was at the show somewhere. I am told
that Andre LaFosse stayed away from NAMM on Saturday, but had 
been there earlier. I also read something to the effect that Mr. Fripp 
was in L.A. the same weekend for KC pre-tour interviews. I rather 
doubt if he came to the show though. Heheheh, can you imagine?
I can't.

Oh well. I am sure that as soon as I press "SEND" I will think of two 
or three other loopers who's names I have missed from our little 
"meeting at the crossroads" in front of the EH booth. That always
seems to be the way it goes too.

I wasn't too blown away by very much this year. The previously
mentioned Kaoss Pad v.2 and some video editing software at
the Arboretum booth were high points for me. That and the 
addition of V-Link features to some Roland and Edirol gear.
I'm sure I missed a lot. 

One surprise came from one of my own clients, IK Multimedia,
from Italy. They've released a stand-alone version of their
Amplitube software that allows one to plug one's guitar into
a laptop and play/control (in real-time) a host of amp models 
and effects with no latency to speak of at all. Unfortunately,
there was no looper in the package. Can you imagine if they
allowed for 3rd party plug-ins to this program? Right now I'm
imagining faux EDPs, Eventides, Moogerfoogers and Vortexes. 
But why stop there? Sooner or later SOMEBODY is gonna figure 
this technology out and do it right. Yep, the days of this "old
guy" hauling around a 16-space rack and a dozen pedals are
definitely nearing the end.

One other thing blew my mind. Steve Lawson's performance
at the "Bass Bash" on Friday night at JT Shmidt's brew pub. 
He and Michael Manring both made huge impressions on a LOT 
of folks there that night (including Dr. Bob and I). Steve's a 
monster. My recommendation: If you have a chance, see this
guy (along with the also monstrous Andre LaFosse and Rick
Walker) while the opportunity lasts. You won't be disappointed.

Adios!

tEd ® kiLLiAn

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