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Re: why Kim why?

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 03:51 AM, Kim Flint wrote:
> And I also appreciate the efforts you put into this Rick. I'm sorry 
> you somehow got the impression that I am being dismissive, because I'm 
> not.

Hi Kim!  How do we get ourselves in this trouble?  The last time I 
brought up similar subjects a group of townspeople chased me out of 
town with torches.  Damn those things sting!

But I think it's a *great* point, and if we can move beyond the 
emotional bonds we have with the word "looping" I think we can better 
progress and promote our music.  I think we all agree that the term 
"looping" means drasticly different things to different people here.  
Try to define it and we end up in a flame war.  So if we can't agree on 
what it means (which I think is *GOOD*) why would we think the term 
would mean anything to an outsider?  If I saw a poster that read "Flubu 
Fest this weekend at the Roxy"  I might investigate a bit, because I'm 
interested in new forms of music.  However, most people aren't.  
They'll pass right by.  However if I passed a poster that said, 
"Progressive Electronica" or "Ambient" Fest I think more people would 
be inclined to check it out.  (The term "ambient" has been so degraded 
that it seems to now mean any form of instrumental music for which 
there isn't a well defined genera.  In a way I kind of like this term 
because of that.)

SO.... what am I suggesting?  Not sure.  I know that the last few gigs 
I've played were not billed with the words "Loop" or "Looper" or 
"Looping" and no one (including me) cared.  Here's an idea:  The next 
"Loopfest" we do can have two names.  We can call it Loopfest among 
ourselves, as we're pretty comfortable with that term, but when we 
promote it to the outside world we call it something like "New Music 
Fest - from Ambient to World and everything in between!"  That way 
people interested in new and eclectic music would be inclined to check 
it out, rather than just people who know what we mean by "Loopfest" or 
people who are curious about that term.  This way, everybody's happy!

Mark Sottilaro