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----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Wyatt" <loopersdelight@solostring.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 18:45:PM Subject: [Paris Loopfest] I probably wont be here :( > Hi all, > > I've been absent from the list, the net, life and music in general over > the past month or so. I had a series of computer problems which > resulted in me losing over 6 months of recordings... I've also had a > pile of personal problems (mostly financial) which has made me realise > that I need to get the hell out of Paris. The music scene here sucks... > that is unless you produce euro-pop rehashes of 70's hits. More and > more venues are now resorting to installing CD players, as the > beaurocracy in getting permission for live music is too much hassle, > and there is now a huge crackdown on 'illegal street performances'.... > > I'm giving up. I'm too old/tired/pissed off at having to 'suffer for my > art'... it aint romantic, and its not fun. > > Yup... I'm moving back to the UK (Plymouth)... probably within weeks. > > Re: the loopfest, I've been able to do very little. The venues that > have in-house P.A. systems are fully booked up months in advance... the > earliest that anyone can hope for is towards the winter. Even trying to > find a suitable small venue where I wont have to pay up-front for when > Rick Walker arrives at the end of June has proved impossible... :( > > I need someone to take over control of what I had hoped to start.... > any takers? > > Sorry to let you down guys.... > > - Stu > > P.S. I have 1977 unread LD emails... is there a summary kicking around? What about Prague? I'd heard it was the "Paris" for the 21st Century... Steve Goodman EarthLight Productions * http://www.earthlight.net/Other - Quasi-daily Cartoon http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack - Cartoons via Medialine!