Definitely. I've had the chance to see Shawn a handful of times here in Pgh, and I've said to anyone who would listen that I wish I could be as good as the stuff he throws away...
m On 5/7/08, Arturo Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the heads up! > > Was on the crew for a party that booked him in...2001 I think. Very good > music. > > A perfect example of someone doing exceptional live work that is more > based on his own productions, and not a lot of borrowed samples. This > would probably be the other end of the spectrum from the Hawtin-esque > sampling we were talking about the other day. It sounds/feels > different if the person who made all the loops/samples/drum fx is the > one on stage manipulating them, and I think it shows in the music and > live show. > > Which got me thinking, if this type of good music is getting bypassed > by the Detroit Festival, maybe we should do a little Chicago Festival > and book these type of acts ourselves? > Chicago...Dance...Music...Festival....CDMF? Wait that sounds > terrible...Anyway you heard it hear first... > > > -Arturo > -- "Play more things that make me dance around and less things that make me sit and look miserable in a plastic chair" - Brian Eno Blind faith in bad leadership is not "Patriotism".
