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Re: Special Sauce Secret Goo
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Ted Killian wrote:
"That's been my main weakness at the Y2K events all along - I bring too
much (and sometimes equipment fails, or I'm simply exhausted from
schlepping it all)."
Dear Ted,
I adore your artistry. from Lux Aeterna to your beautiful Y2k poster
work.
that said, I'd like to challenge you to come to
Y2K9 next year with one line 6 DL-4, one overdrive pedal and one reverb
pedal.
I think you'd play a fantastic set with only that stuff.
Don't get me wrong, because I love all the things that your throw into
the mix, but
I'd love to see you play a simple heartfelt set where you weren't so beat
up by your gear
mass.
Now, I think I'm unconciously talking to myself here, as well:
I played a show that meant a lot to me last night (playing my dayglo
orange set for
my peers in the goth scene) and I took a rack with an electrix repeater
(Bill's because mine
doesn't seem to work anymore), an EDP , a DL-4 (with a boss
intellishifter and a cheesy
alesis nano verb) and my Looperlative.
I just had fucking fits with my gain structures and was completely unable
to use my Looperlative
because I just didn't have enough time at sound check (and I had an hour
and a half to get it
together).
It just totally fucked with my head not to use the Looperlative which was
the only sophisticated
looper I took on my europe/uk tour last summer.
Every time I do a show, someone comments on how much stuff I bring.
I always ignore them.
Last night someone mentioned it again as I loaded out and, depressingly,
I thought, "yeah, no fucking kidding"
It's the first time I"ve ever been that demoralized.
Maybe less actually IS more, eh?
See you at Y2K9 whether your rig is big or small. I look forward to it,
buddy!