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Re: process Vs product



Cool Per.
Keep us informed on how it's going.
I loved your set in Switzerland last year. Were you using infinite reverb 
or 
something? right at the start of your set.

G


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: process Vs product


> On 31 jul 2006, at 10.24, gareth whittock wrote:
>
>> On a personal note I think this maybe why I haven't created an  album 
>of 
>> looping. It sounds so much better to me when I'm playing it !
>> A classic process vs product split.
>> I think I'll start a new regime - record everything.
>> I think Tangerine Dream worked like this. They'd record hours of  
>jamming 
>> and cut it into shape for an album.
>> Anyone here doing this?
>>
>> Gareth
>
>
> I'm all with you on this, Gareth! Although I have made records in the 
> past I'm very reluctant to create "products" of the live looping  music 
> I'm now developing. It simply doesn't feel right to package it  as a 
> "product" because it really is a "process" and "a happening".  Thank you 
> for putting words to my long time thoughts! :-)   I'd much  rather go 
> somewhere and perform the real thing than have people all  over buy the 
> synthetic replication of it on CD.
>
> But in the real world you can't take such a diva stand, or you will  
>never 
> be going anywhere with you music performances. So I'm doing  live 
> recordings in simple stereo; more as "documentation" than as  "product", 
> for the purpose of booking gigs.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
> http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
> http://www.myspace.com/looproom
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