Re: jealous of bay area gigs

[andy graybeal <graybeal@frognet.net>]

you said ... There is a small, enthusiastic audience, but it gets 
saturated quickly.
i'm wondering what you mean about being saturated... can you explain ?

-andy


Edwin Hurwitz wrote:

> Thanks to Rick for all the advice! Actually, I have done a number of 
> looping shows here in Boulder at Penny Lane and have been pretty well 
> received. Danny Shafer, who books the shows there, is a big fan, so 
> it's pretty easy to get a date. I also participated in a performance 
> of Cobra, John Zorn's musical game, directed by Erik Deutsch, in which 
> some looping was done (also a weird version of manual looping where 
> one musician has to take over the part of another, so that as a bass 
> player (which really didn't sound like bass, but we all know that) I 
> had to manually loop parts from trumpet players (Ron Miles), 
> percussionists (Jamie Janover) turntablists, ouds, drumsets, etc, 
> etc). Erik and I have also done looping gigs at other coffee houses, etc.
>
>
> It's been hard to keep the momentum, though. There is a small, 
> enthusiastic audience, but it gets saturated quickly. I think what I 
> miss from the bigger cities is the diversity of audience and 
> performers, where there is enough going on so that each event doesn't 
> have to start from absolute scratch. Anyway, maybe it's time for us 
> Front Range loopers to identify ourselves and get a real show together!
>
> Edwin