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Okay, I'll throw my cynical two cents out there... :-) I think we've talked about Keller before, plus many other guys doing this sort of thing. I can't speak for anyone else, and this is only my own feeling on the topic, but I'm not that fond of most the multi-instrumentalist, one-man-band loopers. He's a great technical player, obviously, but to me the highlight isn't the looping, but his showmanship and multi-instrumentalist ability. I think it's a great thing for the general public, who still finds this one-man approach intriguing....the public always has flocked to this sort of performance...I still see one-man bands at festivals and carnivals with their crazy contraptions on their backs, ropes and pulleys attached to cymbals, violins, bass drums, etc, etc....the crowd just eats it up. But the overall output, if I ignore the fact that he's doing it by himself, just focusing on the music, doesn't inspire me much. I'm not trying to be a scrooge or anything so close to the holidays...it's just not my cup of tea artistically. I think folks would go bonkers over guys like this at Vegas. Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "aaron leese" <aaronleese@hotmail.com> > on another note .... I am suprised I never hear anyone hear mention >Keller > Williams .... arguably one of the best loop musicians out there ..... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofmV7LrhpA&mode=related&search= > > this is part two of "juggler" ... you can see him build the initial loop > in part one ... > > just wondering if anyone else has seen this guy ?? > > > >>From: "Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com> >>Reply-To: "Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com> >>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >>Subject: Re: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube >>Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:48:51 +0100 >> >>completely un-loop-oriented, but if you want to check out the ewi, >>you might be interested also in the following little vid of michael >>brecker: >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Ex1sC4xMc >>(as far as i know, he uses the boomerang for looping) >> >>all the best, tilmann >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com> >>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >>Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:30 PM >>Subject: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube >> >> >> > Hi guys, >> > >> > I just noticed there is a video clip of Jeff Kashiwa live-looping on >> > a Lexicon Jamman (?) with an EWI 4000s: >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUtdP3jQKUA >> > >> > It's not very spectacular music style-wise, pretty traditional >> > Weather Report influenced fusion jazz, but Jeff is such a good player >> > and this is a great chance to see this new model of the EWI (Electric >> > Wind Controller) that has good built-in synth sounds. In this video >> > you can see how Jeff plays deep bass lines and high pitched "soprano >> > sax" melodies almost at the same time by using the same synth patch, >> > only jumping up and down in octave while overdubbing into the jamman. >> > The new EWI also has good "synth-like" performing options like >> > portamento and breath controlled attack- or filter cutoff envelopes >> > which you don't see demonstrated in this video. >> > >> > Myself I was incredibly lucky to pick up an EWI 4000s for a very >> > friendly price in San Jose and since I got back and started playing >> > it I think I have never used my pitch-down-octave patches at all! >> > It's so cool to loop with an instrument that covers over eight >> > octaves. Earlier this year I was very interested in getting a Chapman >> > Stick to loop with, for the huge octave span, but my EWI has >> > completely seduced me to forget about that Stick Crush ;-) >> > >> > Greetings from Sweden >> > >> > Per Boysen >> > www.boysen.se (Swedish) >> > www.looproom.com (international) >> > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) >> > http://www.myspace.com/looproom >> > >> > >> > >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get FREE company branded e-mail accounts and business Web site from > Microsoft Office Live > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ > >