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Re: The Live Looping Community: myth or reality
So, what is a "community"?
On 5/6/05, loop.pool <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> I've been reading the 'Andre appears' again thread here with interest
> (because I respect the hell out of Andre and think that his contribution
>to
> this community has been invaluable).
>
> Anyway, I hear that in the past Andre has not felt a sense of
>community or
> support and that
> Mark Sottilaro has not either. I feel sad that they don't and truly
> hope that people support them
> in the ways they should be supported (monetarily) for their
>contributionsa
> to the culture
> but I, myself, have come to understand that the looping community is
>full of
> musicians who have eschewed
> playing in bands and frequently don't feel a part of anything. Let's
>face
> it, we have a lot of folks who
> make a lot of music in their studios and don't take it out. I don't at
>all
> think this trend is at all universal
> here at Loopers Delight but it most certainly exists and it's completely
> okay by me.