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rip dr. zvonar that iz a great tribute to the mann, Mr. Rick i spoke w/ the Dr. @ a few Y2Ks and he was always very accomadating to someone nott on his level of expertise... he liked my original EH 16 sec.delay pedal that i still have and i think he brought it up @ one of his talks @ Y2K something er other... s >I just finished making a lo fi , toy video cam 'animation' >for the looping piece that I wrote as a memorial to our >dear friend and Loopers Delight scholar, Dr. Richard Zvonar >who passed away, far too early from throat cancer. > >The piece and the video are called "Adios, Dr. Z" > >I've had the music for a while now, but never had the right image for >it all until yesterday. > >Yesterday, I found a whole bunch of cheap 50 cent plastic magnifying >glasses. >You know how people will put a little piece of see through plastic that >protects >a lens before you use it for the first time? Well each of these >magnifying glasses >had a little piece of clear plastic over the lens which made the low >quality >glass lens even lower quality. > >I taped three of them together and then used them as an ersatz lo fi >filter >for my 25 dollar Aiptek Video Camera. > >I then put the audio track through the Windows Media player random mode >and hand held, filmed the screen as the music made the color organ change >while struggling to keep my 'filter' on at the same time. > >It's really lo fidelity and even lower once I edited it slightly (fades >and blackouts >only, really) and rendered it in Vegas Video. I like that. > >I think it really captured the rather magical melancholy of the piece. >I hope you like it. > >It is sent out as a very loving tribute to Richard who I miss terribly. > >www.youtube.com/looppool >