RE: Foot or face? Where do you like it?

["Timothy Mungenast" <mungenast@earthlink.net>]

One bit of obvious advice that I'd like to add...
When designing and configuring your performance rig, ALWAYS allow for two
things:
1. the paralyzing curse of Stage Fright, which can cut your IQ in half,
aaaaaaand, 
2. Murphy's Law

Cheers,
Tim
www.myspace.com/timmungenast
www.mungenast.com




> [Original Message]
> From: mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Date: 7/20/2006 1:39:31 PM
> Subject: Foot or face?  Where do you like it?
>
> --- Michael Plishka <mike@michaelplishka.com> wrote:
>
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but having this all on the
> > floor for a live gig
> > where one does things other than looping is more of
> > a hindrance, isn't it?
>
> Good point.  There is an issue with any piece of music
> gear (unless you're a vocalist) that is designed to be
> used at the same time one is performing.  Unlike the
> Squonshilius on FUUUMO 5, we only have two digited
> limbs with decent articulation. (damn these useless
> toes!)
>
> So.  We want loopers.  We want loopers with features. 
> LOTs of features.  But we want them to be simple and
> easy to control.  But we also want to smile at our
> audience (er, well I just show videos to get around
> all this).  How do we get this to happen?
>
> Right now I'm at a point with Mobius where each button
> on my FCB1010 has been assigned... but there are still
> functions I want to be able to easily control with my
> feet.  Set up another bank?  I don't like this.  I
> feel it starts to get too confusing.  Another
> controller?  Not enough floor real estate.  So what
> should I do?  Probably I'll do what I do with my
> Repeater: keep less used functionality on the unit and
> must have stuff on the floor.  I don't like this
> compromise, but I don't see another way.  Maybe it's
> God's way of telling me I should keep things more
> simple... wait, didn't Trent tell me he died?  Oh
> well.
>
> I do think one of the Repeater's strengths was it's
> super nice interface.  It didn't take long for me to
> get comfortable with it and other than a few blunders
> with the interface it became a no brainer after a
> while.  
>
> Really the best performances I've seen by loopers are
> That One Guy, Kid Beyond, Brian Kenny Fresno, Amy X
> and Laurie Anderson... all who are doing well
> structured songs.  Hmm... what does that mean?  Not a
> single one ever bent down to tweak a pedal, that's for
> sure.  I'm not familar enough with the RC's to know if
> you can do most of what you need without bending over,
> but they sure had better.  Also, Electro-Harmonix, are
> you listening?  Why do you make pedals that need
> pedals?
>
> </rant>
>
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