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Jealousy is a terrible thing Bill ;-) Seriously though, if that's what he needs technically and emotionally to support his art, (and it's his money remember) so be it. It supports excellent,(though expensive) products without whose existance, more affordable gear may not exist for the likes of us bottom feeders... I have to say though , I prefer your music to his but I'm glad both exist. Peace G > From: billwalker@baymoon.com > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Fripper Gear Trivia > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:25:32 -0800 > > Somehow during the great server meltdown my post about Fripp > got lost though it seems some of you caught it. I'm kind of glad as it > was a pretty sarcastic rip on Mr Fripp. > In spite of the well articulated defenses of Bobby F's mountain o' > gear from Andy , Dennis and others. I still feel like it is overkill. > Would his music be any less compelling if he didn't have all of that > gear? I really don't think so. It has been my personal experience > that when I have let go of a piece of gear either by necessity or > choice, I've always found ways to re-invent the sound I lost with a > new strategy, and more often that not it has liberated me from the > security blanket all that gear represents. I must confess, I was a > huge King Krimson fan , since I first heard the Red album, and I also > love Fripps collaborations with Eno, Bowie, and others, but the whole > league of crafty guitarists, the new standard tuning and his ultra > dogmatic intellectual/ mathematical approach to music seems a bit > emotionally cold to me and thus leaves me cold. I think what > triggered me about this discussion of his gear, has more to do with my > personal view that our cultural has gottened so materialistic and > corrupted by greed. I realized that Bob's mountain of gear is a > relative mole hill compared to the greed and excess perpetrated by the > CEO's of the world, so I'll stop bashing him. Afterall its not like he > just bought a new Rolls, after outsourcing his companies jobs to China. > Bill > |