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I will turned 50 next september,Fabio Haribol! http://www.ifarm.it/pianigiani/ http://www.natanavedica.it/ Marted́, 11 Feb 2003, alle 08:17 Europe/Rome, David Swain ha scritto: > Wow my birthday is december 13th as well, i turned 29 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmy George Band" <jg@jimmygeorgeband.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:11 AM > Subject: Re: average age of the looping community > > >> is that in loop years rick??? >> >> i just turned 36 dec 13th >> >> life is good... >> >> http://www.jimmygeorgearts.com >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Rick Walker/Loop.pooL <GLOBAL@cruzio.com> >> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:44 PM >> Subject: average age of the looping community >> >> >>> 49 = 7 X 7 for me >>> >>> did my first looping performance in 1980 with TAO ELECTRICAL >>> which was a spinoff group of popular new wave band I was in, TAO > CHEMICAL. >>> Didn't do another one until the release of the lexicon JAMMAN >>> (redubbed >> the >>> JAMPERSON >>> for our politically correct and non-sexist People's Republic of Santa > Cruz >>> audiences.** >>> >>> At the end of our set at an electronic music concert (with Dr. >>> Richard >>> Zvonar and Bob Beede on the bill, by the way) each of the members of > this >>> trio (bass, guitar and drums = me) recorded a loop onto three >>> original >> tube >>> echoplexes with erase disengaged (manually, i believe but I didn't >> actually >>> do that so I can't say for sure) and, one by one, >>> we walked of into the audience and let the performance continue by > itself. >>> I thought we were doing something that had never been done before > (because >> I >>> wasn't influenced by anyone to think up the idea) but have since, >>> due to >>> that same >>> academic genius, Dr. Zvonar come to find that it was all old hat by >>> that >>> time. >>> >>> Noone in that audience had ever heard it (which is true of most of >>> the >>> audiences that I >>> play for still, to this day.....LOL. >>> >>> A couple of years later, a guy just reminded me a couple of months >>> ago, > he >>> saw me >>> at the old UNION GROVE (pre-earthquake) playing one of the original >> digital >>> delays and I had it on an infinite repeat and was singing faux pygmy >>> yodelling >>> into it with a really primitive harmonizer. >>> >>> I had completely forgotten this as I was poor as a church mouse >>> (living >> off >>> of >>> really 'out of the box' music at the time) and couldn't possibly >>> afford >> the >>> gear >>> I was drooling over until this guy reminded me. >>> >>> He said, "You've been looping for 20 years, man". >>> >>> It startled me because the instant the Lexicon Jamman came out, I >>> bought >> one >>> and ended >>> up playing them for 8 years (ultimately three of them synchronized >>> with >>> midi) until >>> I purchased the DL-4. >>> >>> I did my recent live CD with two of those until I bought my Repeater >>> and >>> added it to the >>> madness. >>> >>> Then, just recently I got my first EDP with loop 4: whole new >>> ballgame >>> again. >>> >>> I have the Repeater feeding the EDP (through AUX 1) and the EDP >>> feeding >> the >>> Repeater >>> (through AUX 2) and have retired my DL4s (that I love dearly) for >> everything >>> except >>> my >>> >>> PORTABLE BUSKING LOOPING RIG which consists of a battery powered >>> head > set >>> mic, battery powered mini amplifier, battery bowered DL4, battery > powered >>> Boss Intellishifter >>> all feeding into a dweeby, little girls plastic portable CD amplifier > made >>> of, >>> you guessed it, TRANSLUCENT DAYGLO LIME GREEN PLASTIC!!! >>> >>> This is all velcroed onto a high school marching drum apparatus made >>> of >>> aluminum. >>> I think there are photos of me by Ted Killian on my website if my >>> webmistress (wow, it gets me hot calling my wife that......LOL) has >>> put >> them >>> up yet. >>> >>> LOOP ON! >>> >>> rick walker (aka.loop.pool) >>> www.looppool.info >>> >>> >>> *I still have the little graphics kit to change the front panel >>> graphics >> of >>> the JAMMAN >>> to say JAMPERSON if anyone else thinks this is appropos, as I do. > E-mail >> me >>> off list >>> and I'll get one out to you if I can find it........lol >>> >>> >> > >