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Steve - great points. It is the player, not the equipment, that makes music that touches and inspired us. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Lawson" <steve@steve-lawson.co.uk> To: <loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: Re: Dangerous (learning) curves (was Fast & Trashy, Slow and Chaste) > > I agree Per, but I've got to make a comment about the Repeater being a > > "Clever Loop Recorder" as if that's a negative? Of course it is. Very > > clever. Have you seen Bill Walker's rig? Lot's of gear, yet he > > manipulates his Repeater and what's feeding it with the grace of a > > ballet dancer and looks just as comfortable doing it as an 80 year old > > blues musician (but more spry!) > > ..there's an interesting mental aside here about who we use as examples >of > what a piece of gear is capable of. The Andre exploits the EDP more fully > than anyone I've ever come across, I've still heard very few people actually > attempt anything similar (seems like Torn has copped an Andre lick or >two, > and I know I certainly have, but to a very different end...) Same with > Bill - which his Repeater useage is remarkable, it's just an extension of > his remarkable musicianship, and I'm sure he'd make a unique noise with a > fretless banjo and zoom bass effetcs unit. In the case of peeps like Dre the > hamster dude and Billy Ray Walker, they are terrible examples of anything > other than being one-offs. Even having watched and been mesmerised by Bill's > music (or maybe it was the monkey suit...), I still didn't want to get or > explore a repeater, any more than listening to Tori Amos makes me want to > get a piano, or Kelly Joe Phelps makes me want to play guitar. I did however > want to make music that had a similar impact on my audience to the vibe I > got from Bill's choonage. With Andre, it was his playing and ideas and > aesthetic that drew to get an EDP, plain and simple, but I still wouldn't > use much of what he does as an example of what to do with an EDP. It's more > an example of what to do with an Andre! shamown! > > Another quick example - is an EDP more versatile than a JamMan? Of course it > is, any muppet could tell you that from comparing the manuals, but you > wouldn't get that feeling if you watched Phil Keaggy play - you'd come away > feeling like the JamMan was about the coolest box anyone ever invented. > Which says more about Mr Keaggy than it does about the JamMan. It's only > when your mind and paradigm are applied to both units that you get to see > which 'fits'... > > ...just a mind ramble from a very hot afternoon in London... I'm off to > Italy in the morning, to play a gig, and to record some schtuff with the > wonderful Luca Formentini, so it's gonna be a loopalcious weekend (currently > listening to Luca's 'A Life From The Inside' CD, which is fantastic - not > sure if it's available yet though...) > > > >