about the name:
first of all, you switch the core (heart) of “da fu ji”. how can you keep their names.
basically, you ‘re stealing and cheating.
i suggest you change the name to 装神，弄鬼 （zhuang shen or nong gui), or just FM3. that ’s the only way to clearify your non-buddha (anti-) action.

who:
I guess that you want to see some numbers. how about a voting post for FM3.
the title: FM3 loops are Lame or not?
1, Lame
2, Lamer
3, Lamest
4, Not of above
people can vote !!

OK. after all, you should thank me to give you a lot of time for a publicity.

actually. YES! for at least 3 years, zhang jian and i have told reporters that we make music for “young kids and old people.”

at the louvre in paris, our audience was mostly old french people. they were some of our favourite shows over the past few years.

and some of our biggest fans are parents who gave their children buddha machines as toys. it exposes young children to music that is not normally considered “mainstream” and it introduces kids and parents to new ideas about how we consume sound…

“laziness for three years”

i dont understand this… why three years? if you mean the history of FM3. then its six years since we started.

“But, indeed, many people disagree with you.”

who for example?

second, when you mention those “Classical” stuff, where is your Post modern, modern or avant garde value system standing? It’s fine that your idea of music is nothing but loops. But, indeed, many people disagree with you.
Please do not use the old theory or samples to justify your laziness for three years. This is the worst excuse.

My 7- month- old son loves “hide-and- seek” loops, is your taget audience among that age?

re ZK. i guess i can only admit that i made a comment based on incomplete information. the few times i have seen ZK, he did have computer problems. add to that the blog comments about his computer failing, and i made a comment based on my empirical knowledge and lawrence’s observations. perhaps the sample group was too small, as ZK says he has only had around 5 failures in 100 gigs. nevertheless, his belief that i dont know performers who take risks with their equipment is just completely off base…

its good to have the actual artists comment about their own work on forums such as this. no subsitute for first-hand opinion from the artist.

“Why did the guy named ‘zhao’ say ‘fuck you’ to you, did you do something bad to him?”

^_^

(DISCLOSURE: My mum, contrary to most of the Chinese people of her age, is not only English-literate but also quite geeky - she knows DOS commands and used to be in the IT business for almost 10 years.)

so you hate most music then? rock, classical and western traditional music, african drumming, indonesian gamelan and even traditional chinese composition is nothing but reptitive loops. long or short, most classical compositions are a loops. rock drumming and guitar work is a loop. african and indian percussive work is easily recognisable as a series of evoloving loops. all the songs i play on gu qin are long drawn out loops with codas and repeated motifs…

nothing wrong with hating most music. i have many friends who hate most all “composed” music and only listen to hardcore improv. but most people who profess a hatred of “loops” fail to realise that the vast majority of music, like breathing, is a repetitive act.

so if a chinese person uses a Chang Fo Ji (or nian fo ji, if you from the south) do you hate that device, or only if its name is translated into english? or do you hate the use of the name buddha in a marketing context? what if its a traditional herbal cure / tea called Fo Shou? or a chinese resturant called Fo Ta Qiang?