Re: Finding people to play with/learn from

[Nick <ParadoxQuine@gmail.com>]

Yes, but i'm not looking to play in front of people right now, I'm
looking to learn how to be a good musician first :)

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Toby G <carpet8@mac.com> wrote:
> Couldn't you just play at an open mic or something?
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com>
> To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:43 PM
> Subject: OT: Finding people to play with/learn from
>
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>> Nick asked:
>>
>> "As a young (still in college!) aspiring live looper currently in san
>> luis obispo, I've found it amazingly hard to find like-minded people
>> to play with, either just jamming or getting a regular group together.
>> Can anyone recommend any places to go, either actual places or
>> websites, to find people interested in music beyond just regular
>> rock/punk bands."
>>
>> Hi,  Nick,
>> First things first....................welcome to this list.   You'll 
>find
>> that this community is a wonderful resource
>> for assuaging the "I can't find anyone in my area to relate to Blues"
>>
>> So,  a couple of suggestions to answer your question from a grizzled
>> oldbie  <grin>
>>
>> 1)  If you build it , they will come:
>> Plan a modest free live looping festival by yourself in San Luis Obispo 
>or
>> the neighborhood.
>> and find a venue that will host it for free just for the sake of the
>> energy that it will produce.
>> Try getting someone at the University to sponsor such an audacious 
>thing.
>> Then invite anyone to play who can make it there.     I'll definitely 
>come
>> play and I live
>> three or four hours north of you.   There are several people from this
>> area who would to,
>> I predict.
>>
>> There are a ton of loopers in the San Diego, LA, Orange county areas 
>with
>> a dirth of options for
>> playing this kind of music and you'd be surprised at the amount of 
>people
>> who will respond if you do it.
>>
>> I've done dozens of events like this in my life and done them all on 
>very,
>> very little budget so I'll be more than
>> happy to help you out if you contact me offlist  looppool(at
>> sign)cruzio(dot sign)com if you need any advice
>> or even just a bit of comraderie or a pep talk if you get discouraged.
>>
>> You'd also be surprised to find that there are probably several live
>> looping artists who are hanging out
>> in their bedrooms, garages and basements who will jump up to 
>participate.
>>
>> Hans Lindauer, who no longer lives in your area,  put on three really
>> wonderful Live Looping Festivals (Loopstock)
>> in Los Osos and SLO several years back.    Since he left that area,
>>  nothing really has happened in that area so
>> you are due for some new looping energy there.
>>
>> Bernhard Wagner,  the Swiss (originally German) live looper was inspired
>> by that festival and the Y2K series to create the largest
>> live looping festival in European history.
>>
>> 2)  Come perform at Y2K9 up in Santa Cruz,  next October 14-19.    
>You'll
>> just love hanging out with all the loopers who come
>> from all over the US,  all over California and all over the world to
>> perform there.    It'll give you a ton of inspiration
>>
>> 3)  Consider moving to Santa Cruz or the San Francisco Bay Area or 
>Silicon
>> Valley (all adjoining) because there is
>> probably as much live looping per capita going on here as anywhere on 
>the
>> planet.
>>
>> 4)  Find and contact artists on this list who you relate to and who 
>relate
>> to what you are doing.   Be really aggressive about
>> putting up tracks on a MySpace page or on 
>Youtube.com..................one
>> of the best ways to create music of this type is
>> to do collaborative work with artists from all over the world and with 
>the
>> miracle of the internet and fast new computers,
>> we have this ability to make music with people who do not even live 
>where
>> we live.
>>
>> The reason that I started doing live looping festivals was precisely the
>> reason you posted:    I was lonely and wanted to connect
>> with other people who loved this medium for creation.
>>
>> So I"ll reiterate number 1)
>>
>> If you Build it,  They Will Come
>>
>> Get Involved.   Have the courage to be aggressive in doing so.   Don't
>> worry at all about being a newbie..............Go for it.
>>
>> and good luck.
>> Welcome to the tribe!!!!
>>
>> Rick Walker
>> www.youtube.com/OrangeDaygloPlastic
>> www.youtube.com/looppool
>>
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