Early in 1999 I managed to get out on the house one weekend and saw the Pittsburg band Don Caballero at a local venue. I was immeditly impressed by their massive complex sound and noticed both Guitar and Bass players were augmenting their sound with Akai Headrush pedals. While I had previously listened to a lot of Robert Fripp and Brian Eno and was aware of their use of loops in music, it was these guys that really drove home the point. I ordered a Headrush not long after and so began my decent into the world of looping.

Soon after discovering the Loopers Delight webpage and poking around following various links, I found some audio clips of David Torn off the What Means Solid, Traveller? album. It would be a understatment to that his guitar playing blew my socks off. In the 2 years since I began listening to Torn (and others in that ballpark) my playing has taken on new found inspiration and great improvments. I still have a long way to go.