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Welcome back Rick! I bet your bed looks awfully comfy right now! This list has surely missed you, I know I have. Mark Sottilaro On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:53 PM, Rick Walker/Loop.pooL wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Chris and I returned to Santa Cruz yesterday ending my long and > exhilirating > live looping tour of 8 countries in Europe and the > British Isles. > > I had a fantastic summer (despite the rather rocky start that the tour > had > back in May) and it was so inspiring to get to meet and play and hang > out > with the incredibly talented live loopers that I visited in each place. > > Someone on this list posted that the internet does not have the > possibility > to create true and real community and I would love > to politely disagree with that notion. This tour would have never > ocurred > without the internet and without this website (and, although we > disagree > philosophically about the whole idea of a live looping movement, Kim > Flint, > I owe especial gratitude to you because being on this site that you > have > created has changed my life..............much for the better..........a > heartfelt thanks to you) > > I would also like to thank three people especially: > > Luca Formentini, my Italian brother, for starting this whole crazy > notion a > year ago by inviting me to participate in his > Experimental Guitar Festival in the beautiful Lago di Garda in Northern > Italy after only hearing an MP3 of my first ever performance on a > guitar at > the Woodstockhausen festival. You put the seed in my head and I'm > so > thankful that it germinated. > > Per Boysen, who in producing the his very first tour and the first Live > Looping tour of Sweden with Matthias Grob, he and I, made it > financially > possible for me to take such a big risk. Per is a wonderful > artist, a > trusted friend and makes me feel really great about the future of live > looping in Sweden........................watch out, Finland, Norway > and > Denmark.................here we come! > > Matthias Grob, my swiss brother and comrade and 'bandmate' through > several > shows in Sweden, Wales, England and Switzerland. Learning from the > inventor of the Echoplex and making music in the middle of the Swiss > Alps > will be one of the highlights of my whole life. Thanks so much. > > Also, I would love to thank all the fantastic loopers and artists who > were > so kind and generous with their time and their attention and their > artistry: > > Chris and I only spent 5 nights out of 2 months in a hotel because of > the > kindness and generosity of all of these wonderful folks. > And this doesn't even touch the creativity and committment to live > looping > that hey all embodied. > > Special Thanks and warm hugs have to go out to: > > Paul Marshall (in Belfast, Northern Ireland) > Gareth Whittock (in Swansea, Wales) for producing the 1st Welsh Live > Looping > Festival > Steve Lawson (in London, England) for playing with me and introducing > me to > the fabulous Klinker. > Andrew Ostler (Os) (who produced the 1st Cambridge Loop > Festival)..................and all the really talented loopers of > Cambridge > Paul Shearsmith (in London, England) who, although not a live > looper, > took us into his home when he heard that we didn't have a place to > stay in > London (due to that damned pesky cat allergy) > Stuart Wyatt (in Paris, France) > April King (in Paris, France) also not a looper but one hell of an > intense > go getter and scene maker and one of my favorite students of all time > Michael Peters (Kurten, Germany)............the first international > looper I > ever met and producer of the 1st Cologne Live Looping Festival > Leander Reininghaus and Andreas Villers (who produced the 1st Berlin > Live > Looping Festival) and all the wonderful Berlin loopers > Louis Angulo (my mexicana brother) (in Radolfzell, Germany) > Claude Voit (in Switzerland) who drove a long way to attend the > Lucerne > Looping Festival and then later joined me in Lago Di Garda)........ > and all > the other talented Swiss loopers > Bruno Kleinefeld (in Milan, Italy) > Massimo Liverani (in Firenze, Italy) who produced the 1st Florence Live > Looping Festival with a very talented group of Italian loopers > and again, Luca Formentini (in Lago di Garda, Italy) the site of my > last > wonderful gig of my tour with he and Claude Voit. > > I have written extensively about my experiences with all of these > amazing > people on my website and , unfortunately, was unable to get > practically any > FTP uploading to occur on the whole tour. > > I was, consequently, forced to handwrite my tour entries and will be > posting > them as soon as I type them into my computer in the next several days > if > anyone is interested in reading about the tour. > > If you have any interest in contacting these folks or touring in > Europe and > the British Isles (or the Americas or Asia, for that matter) > I can only advise you to go for it. > > This has been one of the great experiences of my whole life. I feel > so > grateful to be alive; so grateful to be associated with this > movement and > with all of the wonderful people in it. > > Oh yes, and one last incredibly important shout out: > > I would love to thank my loving and intelligent and talented and > beautiful > wife, Chris Wedertz for helping me to do this tour. I would not have > been > able to accomplish it without her. From making my website to booking > the > transportation and lodging to schlepping > the gear on and off trains and subways and ferrys and taxis to rolling > chords when I was exhausted after gigs or helping me to set up if sound > checks were rushed, Chris served me in a way I can only hope to be > able to > emulate when I am her roadie on her next > solo musical tour. This tour just wouldn't have occurred if she > hadn't > helped me. I love her dearly! > > thanks so much. long live live looping and all the loopers,website > owners > and equipment inventors who make it possible. > > yours, > > Rick Walker (www.looppool.info) > > > >