RE: bridge burning (was Re: electrix repeater wanted)

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yawn

:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Mark Sottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net]
:::Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:05 PM
:::To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
:::Subject: bridge burning (was Re: electrix repeater wanted)
:::
:::Sigh.  You can't make everyone happy, but you can make everyone
:::miserable.  I thought the intelligence here would be higher than the
:::mean, but boy was I wrong!  Should I spell it out?  OK!
:::
:::Calling your gig with another looping musician a "Loopfest" and even
:::more gall enhanced, "First Loopfest EVER" now that is EGO.  Hello!  Is
:::anyone awake?  TAP TAP TAP IS THIS THING ON!?  If you weren't
:::borderline retarded, you'd realize that my one man loopfest was poking
:::fun at The GREAT RICK WALKER (who I actually consider a friend)  He's
:::got quite a healthy ego, so I thought a little poke at it would be
:::fine.  Since he doesn't seem to be the least bit offended, and has
:::actually been corresponding with me off list, I'll assume I'm right.
:::If I'm wrong, I guess it doesn't matter as I'm not one of his "featured
:::performers" and frankly the back-patting, self-congratulatory events
:::that loopfests actually are don't really interest me much.  I just find
:::it weird that you'd elevate some artists to "featured" status when the
:::only audience to these events are the people playing them.  Why not
:::just say, "good performer" and "filler" and be done with it?
:::
:::OK, I'm tired of typing, and realize that unless I could somehow do a
:::"Flowers for Algernon" type of enhancement on you, you're not
:::understanding me anyway.  I don't have a big ego Tim, I'm just not dim
:::like yourself.  In case you haven't notice from my charming
:::personality, I'm not one to be in cliques.  Frankly, I thought Terry
:::was a cool guy and was twice the musician most of you are and probably
:::half the ego.  I was a bit sad when he was driven off because he was
:::trying to promote himself, yet when others do much worse, it seems to
:::go unnoticed because they're in "the looper clique."  Bah.  I'd be
:::humbled to do a show with him any day of the week.
:::
:::And for my final bridge burning moment (boy am I done with this list!)
:::I'm going to finish it with a little review of Matthais' last album:
:::
:::Unlistenable.  The man has absolutely no sense of rhythm at all.  Needs
:::to knock off the ganja and spend a month with a metronome.  Better yet,
:::drop the guitar for a while and work on a modern EDP and drop that
:::frustrated ex musician know-it-all Kim and get someone who gives a crap
:::to help you develop and market your (brilliant) product.
:::
:::Man that felt good!  If I had to read one more steller review of that
:::thrown together piece of crap (the album) I was going to puke.  I'm not
:::saying I'm a great musician, but I'm not trying to get money for it
:::either.
:::
:::So that's that.  The LD list has mostly been a source of anger and
:::bewilderment to me for a while and I should have followed my instincts
:::and stayed unsubscribed.  I don't have the disposition for it. LOL!
:::
:::
:::Cheerio!
:::
:::Mark Sottilaro
:::On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 09:25 PM, Fsksync@aol.com wrote:
:::
:::> In a message dated 10/4/03 10:36:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
:::> sine@zerocrossing.net writes:
:::>
:::> Ah, now who feels like the idiot?  I was trying to interject a little
:::> humor but I always forget how few humans understand humor.  Don't 
:waste
:::> your time responding Jeff, you've made my illustrious ignore filter.
:::>
:::> Mark Sottilaro
:::>
:::>
:::>
:::> Add me to your filter, Mark, I've already filtered your egocentric
:::> displays. Life is too short to have people like you involved in mine
:::> in ANY way. Go back to your  one "man" looping festival. Maybe you can
:::> get Terry Blankenship to open for you. You can call it "EGO LOOP'.
:::>
:::> Yawn
:::>
:::> Tim
:::
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