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that kid certainly does a better demostration of the looper as the other RC-50 wanker(not to offend any Paul Hansen fans:-) maybe his toys were financed by digitech! Luis --- Paul Richards <paulrichard_rocks@yahoo.com> wrote: > (I've never known Yahoo to start playing a video on > its main page.) > > I don't think I said it did, did I, ye of the dry > (attempted) wit. > > (Vitriol) > > Hahaha. I think I remember all the nasty comments > about the guy that did the Boss demo of the RC-50. > Gimme a fuckin' break. > > As I implied, though. It's just another example of > some kid's parents dough that financed his > "collection" of gear. I've known plenty of those > types. In fact, I still have a couple of their > "albums" that I save as a kind of music house of > horrors (one from my ex-boss's kid that had to be an > example of the worst crap ever promulgated on an > unsuspecting public - next to American Idol > applicants, of course). > > And, just for the record, I'm a looper that > doesn't do drone-y stuff (currently). I play mostly > typically-structured rock with extended solos. > Hence, I have no problem with 'traditional' rock or > soul. > > > Jon Southwood <jsouthwood@gmail.com> wrote: > I've never known Yahoo to start playing a video on > its main page. > > I'm surprised at the vitriol expended on this kid's > video, though. An 11 yr-old who's fairly competent > on a handful of instruments uses looping to cover a > James Brown song, while hamming it up. Let's break > it down: > > - 11 yrs old --- there are plenty of vids on YouTube > of adults with less skillz than this kid > - Covering a JB song --- this is prolly the biggest > offense, right? I mean live looping should only be > reserved for a small handful of music types: the > ephemeral improvisation, sound sculpture, > drone+noodle (aka frippertronics), reichian > minimalism, and guitar-turntablism...right out are: > jazzer vamp+noodle (jazzer vamp != fripp drone), pop > song structures, and above all--*cover* tunes. Let's > face it, we should be thankful there are 11 yr olds > who know who JB is, let alone are interested in > playing his music. It could've been a looping cover > of a Paris Hilton song. > - hamming it up --- G-d forbid someone using a > looper exhibits stage presence > > Before I get accused of being an > improvisation-sound-sculputure-frippertronic-reich-turntablism-avant-garde-bleep-bloop > hater, know that I've done more than my fair share > of ebow-saturated drone+noodles and reichian > minimalist pieces, some free improv, some sound > sculpture, and much of my chamber music could > certainly fall into the bleep/bloop category. > > Yeah, an 11 yr old's brand of hamming it up can be a > bit annoying, but if someone played the hell out of > that song while shoe-gazing, it would suck far worse > than what that kid did. > > Cheers, > > Jon Southwood > > On 3/21/07, Paul Richards > <paulrichard10@adelphia.net> wrote: Actually, it > was presented on Yahoo's main page when I went to > Yahoo. I didn't specifically LOOK for this ham. > > 'Wonder how much his parents spent on all those > music gear items to allow his "haminess" to bloom? > > -- > Paul Richards > > ---- Kevin Cheli-Colando <kevin@minds-eye.org> > wrote: > > > OUCH! Harsh. > > > > No doubt. > > > > And how is his talent in your face when you have > to go to a website to > > watch it anyway? Sheesh. You don't have any kids > do you? > > > > > > (Video Games or James Brown covers) > > > > > > > > Video game development has my vote! One less > meatball jamming his > > > > "talent" in my face. > > > > And lastly, I never said anything about developing > video games, I meant > > playing them. > > > > Kevin > > -- > > Till now you seriously considered yourself to be > the body and to have a > > form. That is the primal ignorance which is the > root cause of all trouble. > > > > - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) > > > > Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097