My farewell point of view

[Stuart Wyatt <loopersdelight@solostring.com>]

I seem to have found myself emerged into a very complex discussion - 
parts of which have already been discussed whilst I have been away from 
the list and I seem to have put my foot in my mouth on a number of 
occasions :)

My point of view is this: There seems to be a closed-mindedness amongst 
much of the looping community and a reluctance to accept new ideas or 
different interpretations of what already exists. I want to be part of 
a community whereby I can speak my mind without having to defend myself 
or be looked down upon by some of the more 'established' members of the 
list.

There are countless examples of what I am describing. My innocent 
sentence about smoking herbs that erupted into a full flame war. Being 
told that my synced stereo looping system was not a synced stereo 
looping system - even though I am creating stereo looped music with it. 
And now the heated arguments regarding live looping.... There are 
others from over the past year.

.... so I'm giving up guys and bowing out. I discovered my version of 
live looping long before I found this list. I actually called it 'live 
loop sampling' but its the same thing. I have a lot of ideas to share, 
but I will find a platform whereby I can speak openly without being 
flamed by closed-minded arrogance or sucked into defending ideas that 
should not need defending.

Kim - thanks for everything that you have done re: LD. I really mean 
that.

For those of you who are interested, I am heading to the UK in a week 
or so to Eastbourne - and will try to break into the London/Brighton 
scene. If any UK loopers fancy a jam, I'm all for it :)

If anyone wants to contact me offlist, my new email address is swyatt 
-at- solostring.com.

Take care all! And keep looping!

- Stuart Wyatt
   http://www.solostring.com