Re: favorite loopers(listening to yourself)

["Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>]

I listen to myself a lot! But it has to be live! No recordings.

Per ;-))



On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:53 AM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
wrote:
> Surely the vanity is to produce music that you yourself aren't going to
> listen to?
>
>  andy
>
>  bill bigrig wrote:
>
> > Howdy,
> >
> >  Back in 74 at the grand opening of a Fred Meyer store
> > in N.W. Wash state, Bachman-Turner made an
> > appearance(this was when their debut album "Overdrive"
> > first came out, after that everyone called them B.T.
> > Overdrive). At the loading dock, my 18 year old guitar
> > playing buddy said,"they had an ALLMAN BROTHER'S tape
> > in the 8 track. If it was me, I'd be listeneing to MY
> > tape". That's arrogance. He hadn't made one. He's
> > still playing cover tunes in beer bars. Later, I
> > became a sound man, bought synths, and started
> > composing. Yes, I listen to myself. 95% of my
> > recordings are jams with  1 or 3 others. They give me
> > inspiration for composing. But if I had just spent
> > months in the studio working on an album, I'd probably
> > be ready to listen to someone else. J. Zawinal had a
> > good point. I listen to myself for the same reason. But there are 
>others
> who would give the same answer
> > out of sheer vanity.
> > rig