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I'm sorry, but I'm going to be less sensitive, articulate and forgiving than Andre, Kim, and others on this list have been. Terry, you sound like quite an egomaniac. It seems like the concepts that were (are?) being discussed - namely, what technical or artistic aspects of loop based recordings have been influential on us - passed right through your skull, and translated into a request to tell us how great you, Robert Fripp, and some magazines think you are. I've listened to your stuff. Great chops... no offense, and of course this is my opinion, but I find it bland and lifeless. Andre seems to like it tho. :) Finally, I was a bit shocked with your posts earlier this month, in which you tried to pass backhanded judgement on Robert Fripp's demeanor and his attitude towards his fans. Not that I'm shocked that he has (does, will, can) behave that way. I know he does. And really, who cares? Instead, I was shocked that someone with personal connection to an artist would take time to personally attack him in a very public forum. But now, it sort of makes sense. I can see that your motivations are much more geared to the more shallow aspects of personal popularity, and less so towards true artistry. Ultimately, you've hurt even that goal with many of us, I'm sure. Imagine how I see you now - as a needy high school kid, nudging his buddies and telling them how Mr. Fripp said you're better than that dumb ole Belew guy. And how you were the only guy, besides Dr. Fripp, looping guitar in the 80s. All of this, while you also admit you didn't know who David Torn was until a few weeks ago, and you clearly have trouble understanding how to use a basic rack mounted device after reading the manual 6 times. I know, I know. Play nice. Or maybe I'm just in a bad mood. But damn - you are quite a jerk. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Blankenship" <electricgypsys@yahoo.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: Re: essential loop recordings Hi Andre. I don't really care for your work either so the feeling is mutual. Feel free to not add me to your history section. But I was there. Fripp once took me aside and told me that I could play things Adrian Belew couldn't play in his wildest dreams. I respect his opinion a bit more than yours. Here are about 500 e-mails from people who disagree with you and loved my work. http://home.cinci.rr.com/terryblankenship/trancegodzguestbook.html Granted my early CDs from 1985 did not sell that well (only about 5000 copies each), so they did not have a big impact on millions of people. I can see where that would rule me out. At the time I recorded these I had not heard anyone else use an e-bow for looping. Fripp didn't use one at the time. I hadn't heard anyone else doing polyrhytmic acoustic guitar looping. The techniques I used are completely irrelevant. Its the resulting music that matters. Was the music innovative for the time? I think it was. You have the right to disagree. Here are a couple of press reviews form 1985 for my "Daemon" lp. Press reviews: OPTION MAGAZINE - "Daemon" is an amazing electric guitar tour-de-force, superbly composed, recorded, and performed. SOUND CHOICE - "Daemon" is a one man band release that is the finest indy cd that I've had the pleasure to review. A remarkably well performed and composed collection that showcase an original artist and his mastery of the technology." _________________________________________________________ Alternative Rhythms -features drum and keyboard loops, and guitar (from my Daemon lp in 1985.) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=4311 _________________________________________________________ Dissociation - features guitar loops, drum loops in 5/4 over 4/4, and guitar solos. (from my Daemon lp in 1985.) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=4678 _________________________________________________________ Ketjak -features polyrhythmic acoustic guitar loops (from my Daemon lp in 1985.) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=4303 _________________________________________________________ Attention - features guitar loops (from my Daemon lp in 1985.) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=4425 _________________________________________________________ Harmonium - is all guitar featuring four different loops (from my Entering The Silence lp in 1985) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=4304 __________________________________________________________ Entering The Silence - looped guitar (from my Entering The Silence lp in 1985) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=4314 Trance World - features trance music and world music combined with looped guitar (Trance Godz - Trance World CD 2000) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=6575 __________________________________________________________ The Alchemist - featues trance and world music with looped guitar (Trance Godz - Trance World CD 2000) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=8224 __________________________________________________________ Fire Dance - My Harmonium track from 1985 with added world percussion. (Trance Godz - Trance World CD 2000) http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=8223 Have fun trashing these Andre if you feel the need to. All the very best! Terry __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com