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> From: "Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net> > Even Keller's set is not that inspiring from a creativity standpoint. The final music output is entirely unoriginal...the chops are standard (except the vocals and therimin playing, which have much to be desired), and the looping technique is fundamental. That's his bag I guess, but I'd wager that any of the competant multi-instrumentalists out there (thousands) could pull a similar set off with little effort, after learning the basic functions of the looping device. What is left after stripping every other possible unique factor away from his set is that he appears to be one of the only successful guys doing it for large crowds...this says nothing of the music, by the way, just marketing, time, and energy to create a niche. I'm sure it works for him...I'd comittt suicide if my musical career came down to that. I hope this gets someone bent out of shape...I like bending people out of shape! :) I guess I'll bite for a short moment. . . So yeah, maybe thousands could pull it off, but what would be the point? It would be insincere, and most audiences can smell that a mile away-so while it might sound similar: competently played, no offensive mistakes, even some fake passion-there would probably still be something missing. When music is distilled down to it's mechanical nuts-and-bolts, it's easy to think you might be able to quantify and decode an event-I find it hard to believe that maybe you've never witnessed a magical moment where "simple" music, played by an "ordinary" player, (maybe even with a few clams thrown in) moved an entire roomful of people. For a creative guy, you're sounding somewhat intolerant. I'd just like to suggest that intent and context might be important aspects of a performance and those admiring audients appreciate something the performer provides; to quantify them as stoned simpletons only highlights your own prejudice. Oh ja . . . there's my boring 2 cents.