Re: Re: Boss "International Championship" [SIC]....

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

F*ck,   you are a genius!!!!    Great suggestion.    Let's do it!    
Seriously,   let's do this everyone.

Dustbunnies wrote:
>
> Well then, here's an idea...
>
>         ~LET"S HIJACK THE CONTEST~
>
> It's a public contest.  All the videos are made available on YouTube. 
> Also, somebody on the judging committee at Boss is going to have to 
> screen these entries.
>
> Let's add some Art into their commerce.  Here's how:
>
> Enter the contest, but *PAY NO ATTENTION* to the restriction on 
> Boss-only loopers.  Post all the great music you've made using your 
> Looperlative, your EDP, your JamMan, DL4, M9/M13, EHX SMM, 2880, 
> DD-20, Loop Junky, old tape delays, 
> Mobius/Sooperlooper/Live/Mainstage/Logelloop/Freewheeling.... WHATEVER.
>
> This is even easier for those of you that already have videos on 
> YouTube: simply copy your existing videos, re-label them according to 
> guidelines so they can be easily found by contest-seekers, and enter 
> ALL of them into the contest.
>
> Put some notes on the video stating that this is a protest against 
> Boss' marketing, and point the viewers back here to LD if they want to 
> learn more about Looping.  Use this as a vehicle for positive 
> education.  Use this to promote Loopers-Delight!!!
>
> Somebody *will* watch.  It may be a potential listener or fan.  It may 
> be another musician scanning through the entries, in which case you 
> can help open them up to new possibilities for what can be done. 
> Additionally, the Boss judges will have to screen the entries, and 
> perhaps they'll finally start to pay attention.
>
> We can send a message to Boss Marketing that they don't own Looping, 
> that this contest is by no means an "international championship", and 
> that there are thousands of people out there making great Looping 
> music.  Some of these people use Boss products.  Some use other 
> products and tools in their art.  But WE, THE ARTISTS, ARE THE ONES 
> WHO MAKE THE MUSIC and WE ARE THE ONES WHO DEFINE THE FIELD -- not 
> some group of clueless marketing hacks with an advertising budget 
> trying to shill a product.
>
> Send a message.  Tools don't make great music.  People do.
>
> There's some incredible talent in this community, and lots of great 
> people.
>
> Let's show them!
>
>     --mech.