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Re: EDP sticker brainstorming



makes sense, thank you!

>Well, I think something like, "I'm Looping with the ECHOPLEX" with a 
>Gibson logo would suggest "Delay" music due to the fact that 
>everyone who speaks English knows the word "echo" means a delayed 
>repetition of sound.  Good name.  It kind of already says what it 
>does.  Add the word loop in there and if what you're doing is 
>obviously repeating to some degree, or doing anything that a non 
>looper equipped instrumentalist couldn't do, it should spark some 
>interest.
>
>Mark Sottilaro
>
>On Saturday, August 24, 2002, at 05:17  PM, Matthias Grob wrote:
>
>>seems to be a good idea, thank you!
>>but doesnt it take another sticker to start with? One that sais 
>>something like:
>>"I compose live with looping"
>>
>>How many of the musicians that go to the Santana concert know that 
>>what happens in the bass solo is called looping?
>>
>>The first few months I thought I was doing "delay-music" or "waving 
>>carpets", until a Fripp fan told me this was called looping. Then I 
>>remembered I had heard "watermusic" years before...
>>
>>>How about something cheap and simple?  Rather than a single 
>>>product endorsement, why not make some or all of your customers 
>>>endorsers? How, you ask?  They way most every manufacturer does 
>>>it: Stickers.
>>>
>>>Every EDP should come with a nice bumper sticker that could say, 
>>>"Loops via Echoplex by Gibson"  We put these stickers on our 
>>>racks, or they could anywhere visible.  Every time we play a gig, 
>>>regardless of people trying to see what's in your rack, they'd 
>>>know. Doesn't much matter if they care, it will be in their 
>>>subconcious. Then, when they pop in the latest Bowie album and get 
>>>hit with that obvious loop, they might make the connection, if 
>>>they care like musicians do.
>>>
>>>Anyway, couldn't hurt and it wouldn't really cost much to implement.
>>>
>>>Mark Sottilaro
>>>
>>>On Saturday, August 24, 2002, at 04:35  AM, Matthias Grob wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>matthias, you said something about product endorsements being 
>old-school &
>>>>>boring, or something much like that.....
>>
>>
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