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d00d. I'm with you. I've got your back. Jeff Kaiser http://www.JeffKaiser.com pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com On Nov 25, 2006, at 6:44 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote: > 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/ >> > > >