Re: Software Loopers and Hardware Loopers

["Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>]

Here is an interesting correlation, maybe. In past years, I noticed that 
the 
avant-garde, experiemental loopers tended to use more laptops. Remember 
the 
year when Jeff Kaiser and I played together? There were a lot more laptop 
users then, if my recollection is correct.  This year, I felt as there 
were 
fewer avant-garde loopers...explaining less laptops? I am not sure. This 
is 
just a hypothosis. Personally, I liked it when you brought in more of the 
outside players, Rick. Either choice, outside or more mainstream doesn't 
appear to have any impact on audience turnout, based on my last 4 years of 
playing at Y2K. If anything, the more unusual loopers attracted more 
interesting listeners. I miss seeing loopers who are on the edge.

Kris


----- Original Message ----- 



> Coming out of my post loopfestival coma that I always seem to go
> into each year,   I noticed a really surprising thing at the 
>loopfestival 
> this year:
>
> From being on this list I just assumed that the festival would be 
> increasingly dominated by laptop
> live loopers but by a cursory count (and this is very cursory)  I think 
>I 
> only saw three or four people
> using laptops in their sets.    Everybody else (35-40 artists)  were 
>using 
> hardware.
>
> I was shocked by this.
>
> Maybe the hardware people on the list just aren't as vociferous or as 
> prolific as posters
> as the software people.
>
> What do you'all   think?
>