Re: My First Loop Gig

[Goddess <thefates@earthlink.net>]

  Woohoo! Phill!, you go boy!   lol!   Congrats!   

Smiles,

Cara

At 04:08 AM 6/17/03 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
>Hi Guys,its nearly 5am in the uk right now but i just had to come on line 
>and tell you about my first real live looping gig.
>  I am a relative newbie to the loop scene,I only started about january 
>(started by making riffs chain togeather on a crappy Zoom 707,just kind 
>of 
>went on from there).
>anyways, in this time ive become kind of bordering on obsessed with the 
>whole concept and have had bags of fun, and spent bags of money (well,for 
>a 
>poor student) making music on my own and in front of small  groups of 
>mates.
>  Although i think, my skills came along at about 8x the speed of when i 
>was 
>just doing regular guitar, i have been reluctant to take any gigs for 
>fear 
>of crashing and burning.
>
>  That all changed tonight,I finally decided to do my first loop 
>orientated 
>gig. MAN!!Ive never been so nervous except for my first school play!!!all 
>these new variables to think about,what if it goes wrong, what if i 
>suddenly 
>find i cant sing and loop at the same time, what if the RC-20s batterys 
>run 
>out berfore i do...............AAAARGH,hell.......but.......acctually, 
>bliss,i loved every sweaty tense minute of it.
>
>As it happened it all went absolutly great,i didnt screw up more then 
>could 
>be covered, the buzz from the croud was unbelivable (it was basically an 
>acoustic night, so by the time i was a couple of minutes in heads where 
>really lifting!!) and i cant remember ever coming off stage feeling more 
>exhilerated!!
>
>the icing on the cake was listening to all the people asking me and each 
>other how/what i had been doing.
>
>Anyways, im rambling, I basically just wanted to share a story and also 
>thank all of you great guys and girls on list for the help,encouragement 
>and 
>advice you probably dont even know you gave me.
>
>see you all soon
>  Phill Wilson
>
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