Tom "doin' standup on the side" Spaulding

[tomroady@telalink.net (THOMAS W ROADY)]

Tom Spaulding wrote:

>Hmmm. I have been writing and re-writing a proposal to treat the EDP as a
>"real-time interactive personal multi-track" (to paraphrase a few people)
>for over a week now. What will the ad look like? What will the copy say?
>Who is the right endorsee to feature first? Torn, for his groundbreaking
>vision? Billy Cobham using the EDP for soundtrack work? Steve Tavaglione
>for his EWI soundtrack stuff on the Horse Whisperer soundtrack? Tom Roady
>using it in percussion clinics for Zendrum? Ronnie Montrose? Neal Schon?
>Trey Gunn? Fripp? Belew? Pete Anderson? Ric Hordinski? You?
>
>I've got X amount of dollars to spend on a campaign to promote a product
>that is the only one I have deep backorders on, and by definition, is 
>least
>worthy of promotion. And yet, I know something must be done. The rest of
>the world is totally ignorant of this Looping thing, as far as I am
>concerned. I think some kind of televised event, like David Torn meets Les
>Paul in NY, Adrian Belew meets Chet Atkins in Nashville, etc.
>
>What is going to make everyone want a Looping device? Not everybody who
>wants it now can even find or afford the EDP. I'm not sure I have the
>answers yet, but if everyone on the list can continue to spread the word
>about what they have discovered, whether EDP or not, it will surely help.
>As usual, comments and ideas appreciated. I'll shut up for awhile now, he
>said to Cyber sighs world wide...
>
>Tom "Cyberian Khatru" Spaulding
>
        Tom, first of all...YOU MAKE ME LAUGH! Keep it up! TOO-OO_OO many
people take themselves or their subject of ranting way TOO-OO-OO serious.
You always have a cool way of chillin' the masses. You have to swing that
big corporate stick, it's your job, but you know that we also aren't
talking life or death or brainsurgery or even tree surgery. I feel that the
retail instrument manufacturing industry needs more people with your
outlook and sensibilities.

        CLONING Perhaps???? can you say Bah-h-h-h-! or Moo-oo-oo!

        Second I am personally thrilled to be mentioned in one of your E's
to the Loopers. Especially with the company you threw me into. I'm just a
babe in the woods with this looping thing, but boy do I dig it! Being a
drummer and Percussionist  and exploring the possibilities of the EDP is
DEEEPP!. I had a JAMMAN for a couple of years but I was always bummed about
losing things that I had created after I shut it off. This to me is the
MAJOR KOOL factor between the JM and EDP. Seeing how I'm still learning the
EDP, I know there will be many more things that I won't believe I had lived
without. Thanks for everything( including the Chuckles). I just got a
Wavedrum . I can only imagine what I will be coming up with in the
future.....The UNKNOWN??? NOW that is exciting!

 TOM "I'm not worthy" Roady

P.S. I'm on the Emmylou track on the"Horse Whisperer"too.I'm anxious to 
hear it.