Re: FAVORITE LIVE LOOPERS: a new list

2008/4/24, L.A. Angulo <labaloops@yahoo.com>:

Rock on Teddy!!
Ill vote for you if you run for president!
Luis

--- Teddy Kumpel <teddybut@mac.com> wrote:

> All ego aside... I am my own favorite looper.
> I guess Imogen is a close second.
>
> Teddy Kumpel and Mister Shifty
>
> On Apr 23, 2008, at 7:44 PM, Rick Walker wrote:
>
> > I realized that from all the responses to the
> thread I started about
> > famous live loopers that it's pretty obvious that
> we should start a
> > new list of our favorite live loopers.
> >
> > I didn't say it in my initial posting, but the
> first list got
> > started merely
> > as a selling point to journalists that we are
> trying to get interested
> > in live looping.
> >
> > Obviously, someone like David Torn, who has used
> live looping
> > integrally in his music
> > for years and years is on a different level,
> aethetically, with his
> > looping than say
> > some one like Eddie Vedder who used some live
> looping in his
> > concert in Santa Cruz
> > last week,  but the fact is that millions and
> millions of people
> > know Eddie Vedder,
> > (just as tens of thousands know about  David Torn
> and thousands
> > know about Zoe Keating)  so this is
> > something that I can use when I am trying to
> spread the gospel of
> > this thing we love
> > to music journalists, radio DJs and television
> producers.
> >
> > Spiritually, that means that this list is going to
> be necessarily
> > superficial and unsatisfying to
> > lots of people on this list. I completely know
> that.
> > Oddly enough,  the intent is not a popularity
> list,  just a hook
> > the journalists list so they can start
> > paying attention to the people on the next list
> I"m going to
> > suggest that we start.
> >
> > Now, let's get down to the real nitty gritty.
> >
> > WHO ARE OUR FAVORITE LOOPERS?   OUR MOST
> INFLUENTIAL LOOPERS?
> > (mass fame has no bearing on this list)
> >
> > please resubmit anyone mentioned before for this
> one.
>
> --
> PS.
> --
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>
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>
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>
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