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Kris i hear you the RC-2 is too small which becomes impractical! --- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote: > I just got back from my 3 hour busk/street gig here > in Boise....our City Market artist series. It's > basically a two block street affair with tons of > people milling about - a farmer's and artist market > sort of deal with musicians at every corner. The > Boise City Arts Commission pays musicians ($150) > here to play every weekend. > > Anyway, I used my Taylor Nylon string guitar, my > Schetler "David" Acoustic amp (beautiful!), and the > RC-2. I now have new impressions of the > RC-2....FREAKIN' Frustrating!!! That damn one > button does everything thing is a pain in the ass. I > could never get my loops to stop like I wanted them > without messing things up, starting and stopping the > loop, thinking it was reset, then discovering it > wasn't when I hit the button and the prior loop > played, etc. It's a nice clean and small device, > just too much of a hassle to do everything with one > button. I don't want to pack my other computer with > me, with Mobius, either. I was even scrambling to > get my old computer installed with Mobius, but I ran > out of time and had to jet to the gig. > > For these portable, "pop" music loop gigs, I'm > thinking of getting one of the new Boomerangs, the > Boomerang III? But when is this thing supposed to be > out? I really want a floor looper that is stereo, > has multiple loops or at least A/B, loop extend > (multiply), pitch shift, reverse, etc. The Rang III > seems to fit the bill. I'm not interested in the new > Boss either. Any idea when the new Rang will be out? > > On a side note, these public gigs are really > interesting. I just play improvised contemporary > jazz, free-style stuff, and I get an unbelievable > amount of people requesting CDs of the material. I > don't have the heart to sell them one of my existing > CDs, because it is nothing like what they hear, and > would probably give them a heart attack. The > popular, unquenchable taste for vanilla, garden > variety instrumental music is just mind blowing. > People flock to this music like moths to flame. I > could actually make money as an artist if I recorded > and sold this style of music. I don't even have to > think to do it...just sit down, play, and hit the > record button...it takes virtually no creative > energy whatsoever. Order a bunch of CDs from > Kunaki, and I'm selling this widget music like > hotcakes. :) I guess I'm not really > surprised...just forgot how easy it is to play music > that reaps tons of complements and raves from the > common public, without even trying. > > Kris > > > > > ************************************************************************** > Krispen Hartung > www.krispenhartung.com / > www.myspace.com/krispenhartung > Performance Calendar: > http://www.musi-cal.com/search?performers=Krispen%20Hartung > info@krispenhartung.com / 1.208.724.5603 > Discography - > http://www.krispenhartung.com/catalogue.htm > CD Baby Discography: http://cdbaby.com/all/khartung www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/