[sdiy] Wakeman

[metasonix]

At 10:34 AM 6/30/03 +0200, you wrote:
>are you telling me rick wakeman can't afford to buy a monowave? wow..

He can, but judging from previous contacts I've gotten,
rock stars just love to get freebies. And they are usually
quite ungrateful. (Especially the medium-famous types.
I've gotten a LOT of "humble hat-in-hand" begs for free goodies
from a variety of bands I've never heard of.)

Paul! Don't give him one! He will probably NOT give you an endorsement! 
I speak from experience....

It is routine for a musician's manager to not only demand equipment,
but also cash (a LOT of cash), in return for an endorsement. You will
likely regret dealing with him (and his management).

>I wonder if there would government funding to support this?  Perhaps go
>to the press: "British musicians _not_ supporting British innovation"

Tell that to the bastards at FUTURE MUSIC. They NEVER review
unusual equipment. (The British PRESS doesn't support innovation!
Why should British musicians?.....)
Show me one review of a modular synth in FM, EVER, in the past 10 years. 
They seem to be just like audiophile magazines; "you want a good review, 
you buy an advertising contract, because we're totally crass and vile..."

(What did someone say at NAMM this year, while standing at the aisle
intersection next to Peavey? "Here we are, at the corner of Crass 
and Slimy".....)