Re: NAMM report: Friday

[tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>]

On Jan 19, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Rick Walker wrote:

> Things are going swimmingly at the Looperlative booth.
>
> We're headed into the shark fest they call Saturday at NAMM.
>
> Bill Walker, Steve Lawson and I all had good demo sessions for the 
> Looperlative
> yesterday with a lot of walk up traffic.
>
> My own first demo started roughly because seeing an FCB that Bill was 
> bringing down
> to Matthias Grob (so damn wonderful to see Matthi again) I thought 
> mine was in the car
> and forgot it standing up in the living room.    I borrowed Bob 
> Amstadt's Gordius, which
> is a cool little piece of gear but whose ergonomics I don't have down 
> yet so I had a lot
> of technical difficulties in my first demo just due to unfamiliarity 
> with gear.  I got used to
> it fairly quickly with my little cheat sheets, though.
>
> Everything really came together, though, when I came by and heard Bill 
> doing a really
> amazing piece of music.  I got out my frame drums and kanjira and he 
> and I jammed on
> a couple of pieces.     We may hook up the Looperlatives today 
> possibly.
>
> I went up to a guy at the string booth across the way to apologize for 
> all the
> sonic mayhem that is my own demo and was suprised to hear him say,
> "No man,  you guys have been the soundtrack for our show.  You guys 
> are on the
> cutting edge."
>
> It made my day to hear this guy who had to sit across from us and hear 
> every demo
> all day long say this.
>
> ********
> I haven't  had too much chance to get out and see the show
> but I have heard
> 1)  Electrix has a booth listed in the NAMM book but it is sitting 
> empty there
> 2)  There isn't even a demo model of the RC50 at Roland (that's kind 
> of unnerving)
> 3)  Kim Flint was spotted at the Looperlative booth but I haven't seen 
> our fearless
> leader yet
> 4)  There didn't appear to be any porn starlets at the Dean Heavy 
> Metal Guitar booth as
> in past years
> 5)  There is more all black attire than I've ever seen..........more 
> grey hair than I've ever
> seen at a NAMM show.     My bright yellow hair and 'gay lumberjacks on 
> acid'  yellow
> flannel shirt stood out like a neon bulb yesterday.........lol.
> 5) our looping pal Larry the O is looking good and ensconced at the 
> BIAS booth
> 6) Bill Putnam , owner of the very successful Universal Audio (and 
> generous patron to
> the Y2K festivals),  has become an avid looper and put in his order 
> for a Looperlative.
> that made me particularly happy as I've come to love how completely 
> devoted to the
> cause of Music,  Bill is.     He invited us all up to the UA cocktail 
> party and I got to have
> a fascinating conversation with the last producer who worked with Ray 
> Charles.
>
> this is a great and fun and overwhelming show.
> Off to get breaky with Bill and do it again.
>
> cheers and loop on everyone.
>
> Rick
>