Re: loop device endorsement - was Santanas looping bassist

[Hedewa7@aol.com]

k,

>I don't think that is true, actually. It happens by chance I have quite
>an 
>inside view of Tori fandom, although I think this applies outside that
>example to the fans of other artists.
yeah, i understand.
 
>Her fans care a lot about her music,
>and really do pay attention to details. They are extremely interested in
>what she does and why, and they do investigate it to learn more. Her music
>means a lot to them, so they care to learn more about it, whether its on
>an 
>emotional plane of why she wrote a song or a technical plane of how she
>recorded it.
makes sense to me.....

>I remember once being dragged to a listening party for one of her album
>pre-releases. The liner notes described her as playing not just piano,
>but 
>harpsichord, leslie, and marshall. The people there were really curious
>to 
>know what a "leslie" and a "marshall" were, and since I happened to know
>I 
>explained it for them. They were fascinated that she was playing her 
>harpsichord through a cranked Marshall guitar amp and running her piano
>through Leslie speakers. (so was I, actually.) They were fascinated to
>learn about a speaker that spun around. They listened back to the songs
>that used those sounds so they could understand what it sounded like and
>think about why Tori wanted that sound there. I think I later even had
>to 
>write something for some Tori fan list explaining Leslie speakers. I don't
>know if any of those fans later went out and bought Marshall stacks for
>their harpsichords, (I try not to pay quite that much attention to 
>them...)
>but they were undeniably interested in it just because of Tori and it was
>not initially obvious to them at all.
gotcha.

>Don't underestimate that power.
okay!

>In fact, from what I understand dt, you can expect some significant 
>increase in album sales yerself just for appearing on her album.....
well, that'd surely be nice! esp. if some of my tracks made it to the 
mixes.....
8-))
(i was the 3rd 'guitarist' enlisted.....)
best,
dt / s-c