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Kim Flint wrote: > At 08:37 AM 4/30/2003, Paulzric@aol.com wrote: > >Don't know a thing about this fella. Is he on the list? > >Apparently he uses a Boss looper (model eludes) and is highly > >praised in a recording 'zine (publication name evades), but his method >is > >explicitly described as loop-based AND he's (fringe) mainstream. > > I saw Howie Day open for Tori Amos. He was really good, and the Tori fans > seemed to dig him. Fairly straightforward singer/songwriter/guitar >strummer > thing. He uses loops and delays extensively throughout his performance on > both his guitar and vocals, and integrates it into his sound in a very > organic way. It's all very supportive of the songs and fills out the >sound > with extra parts and harmonies and such, created on the fly. He >frequently > creates percussion loops out of taps on different parts of his acoustic > guitar. It works very well. > > In one amusing part towards the end of his set he stopped >singing/strumming > and went to just mixing and manipulating the loops he had set up. He was > ping ponging fragments between loops, chopping it up and remixing it to >get > some pretty good dance grooves. After that bit he said "I always wanted >to > be a dj" and then went back to the singer/strummer thing. It all worked > great, I thought. He put on a good show. > > I don't know where you guys get this notion that looping isn't > "mainstream". Phil Keaggy? Keller Williams? Trey Anastasio? Even Chet > Atkins before he passed on... There's all kinds of people doing stuff >like > this. Just because you happen to make weird music and you use looping > doesn't mean looping is weird. It's just a technique that people use in >all > sorts of music. > > kim > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com I echo Kim's sentiments about looping being a tool that can be used in all kinds of music. For myself, I am a fairly pop oriented singer/songwriter. When I perform live, I play my pop oriented originals as well as many pop cover songs. I incorporate lots of looping, alternate tuned acoustic guitar, electric lap steel solos, and effects (delays, adrenalinn, pitch-shifting, etc.) Looping has made performances for me a real adventure because there is an element of danger and unknown at every gig. That being said, being a member of this list has opened me up to all sorts of great music that I may not have know about. David Torn/Andre LaFosse/Aphex Twin/Squarepusher to name a few. I quess my point is that I try to keep an open mind, and let all kinds of music seep into my own. Regarding Howie Day: I happen to be a big fan. I just picked up his brand new Madrigals E.P. It comes with a bonus DVD of 4 live looped songs. It is really an outstanding package. Great sound quality and video work. There are lots of closeups of his pedal boards. Two DL-4's(one for voice, one for guitar) I picked this up for $7.98 at my local record store! I think it's quite a steal for that price. I recommend this highly for anybody who is into looping, or just good music for that matter. John www.johnmazzarella.com