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I'd encourage all the Bay Area loopers who didn't make it to last night's concert, to attend tonight's. Last night's effort from Andre and Jon was first rate! I imagine tonight will be ever better, now that they've had a chance to warm up! On Nov 22, 2003, at 10:35 AM, Kim Flint wrote: > Hey bay area loopers, just a reminder this clinic and concert event is > today. Should be loads o' fun! > > ************** > The Clinic: > > Looping with the Echoplex Digital Pro and LoopIV > A clinic with Andre LaFosse and Jon Wagner > > Saturday, November 22, 4:00pm > 3150 Adeline St. (at 32nd) > Oakland, CA > $10 door charge > > Master Echoplex users Andre LaFosse and Jon Wagner will teach a clinic > on the finer points of looping and the Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro. > They will cover many of the exciting new features in the LoopIV > software for the Echoplex, and spend part of the clinic on techniques > for multiple musicians to use looping together. There will be plenty > of question and answer time, so bring all your questions about > looping! > > > *************** > The Concert: > > Andre LaFosse and Jon Wagner > Solo and Duo Performances > > Saturday, November 22, 8:00pm > 3150 Adeline St. (at 32nd) > Oakland, CA > $10 door charge, or $5 if you also attend the afternoon clinic > (nobody turned away for lack of funds) > > Guitarist Andre LaFosse and percussionist Jon Wagner bring their > innovative approaches to live electronic music to Oaktown. Both > artists use electric and acoustic instruments along with electronic > processing equipment to create "loops" of repeating music which evolve > over time. Andre has recently released a new solo album "Normalized" > that will be available for sale at this show. They will each do a solo > set and then join together as a duo. > > > *** > The Artists: > > Andre LaFosse > Guitarist Andre LaFosse has been looping exclusively with the Gibson > Echoplex > Digital Pro for eight years, and in that time has built a reputation as > one of the more iconoclastic and unusual practitioners of the craft. > Flying in the face of ambient soundscape music, Andre's self-described > "turntablist guitar" style draws influence from IDM, glitch-core, > hip-hop, and funk, for a highly dynamic, aggressive, and > rhythmically-based approach. He is also the creator of the Echoplex > Analysis Pages, arguably the first web site to offer annotated musical > examples of real-time looping, which has drawn thousands of visitors > since its inception in 2002. For information and sound samples, visit > http://www.altruistmusic.com > > Jon Wagner > Percussionist Jon Wagner is a professional drummer in the San > Francisco Bay Area. He usually plays jazz, but also spends quite some > time with percussion and real-time electronic processing. Jon values > improvisation as a center to his musical focus and has been interested > in the concept of live looping for several years now. Jon is using a > Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro and an Electrix Repeater to sample his > playing live and recall those loops. This allows him to improvise solo > or as part of a group within (and outside) many different genres. > http://www.jondrums.com > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com >