Re: Appreciating this Home was New W

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

Nevyn wrote:
"Sentiments like these make me wonder if there are any folks in my neck 
of the woods... Seems most folks here are UK/Europe or East Coast US. 
Any West Coast US folks on here?  Northwest even?"


Errrrr, forgive me Nevyn,  but where have you been?     

 The two seminal live looping festivals (Loopstock and the Y2K Series- 
largest annual one on earth) ARE
on the West Coast of the United States.   There is as much going on in 
the live looping world
on the West Coast of the United States as anywhere, really.

There have been live looping tours,  live looping events (in LA, San 
Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo)
for many years here where I live, south of you..

The complaint I've heard in the past is that people on the East Coast 
wish that the climate there was better for live looping compared to the 
West Coast.

Go back and check the archives of Loopers Delight.   There are 
definitely live loopers in Portland, Seattle, Ashland, Vancouver and
I believe there have been live looping gigs in at least Seattle.

The *Y2K9 International Live Looping Festival* _(www.y2kloopfest.com)_ 
will be on the *third weekend of October, 2009*
in *Santa Cruz *and *San Jose*, as well.

If you are interested in coming down to perform at it,  please send me a 
representative CD of your live looping
performances when I send out the call for performers in the beginning of 
August.

Watch for that announcement here at Loopers Delight.

Also,  you should know that all the people who have put these larger, 
multiple artist live looping events on have been loopers
exactly like you or I.

I started the 1st looping festival because I was lonely and wanted to 
know if others wanted to come out of the woodwork
and/or their closets and participate with me.

I booked my first tour of Europe in 2003 by 1 email to Loopers Delight, 
saying I was coming and did anyone want
to put on a small live looping festival as an excuse to host my 
trip...............This community went bonkers and I booked
a two month tour in two weeks.

So, my advice to you is to put on a Seattle Live Looping Festival yourself.
I'll help to advise you on how to do it within no budget at all (as I 
did for years)
and it will blow you away at how many people will come to play;  lend 
you equipment so you don't have to rent it;
give you a free venue;  freely advertise and publicize for you, etc.

"If you build it,  they will come"     from the movie   Field of Dreams