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RE: livelooping. organic



> but I would venture to say that very, very few are composing sequences
> in real time.
>

 
Im sorry if this ends up being a double post...it seems that more often then not I don't seem to recieve my own posts to group...
 
anyway, live creation of music using midi recording devices played live is the hub of my current setup. and this thread has really re-ignited my interest within a group who didn't feel i was still part of.
 
My work  is contructed on a custom midi controller , Korg ESX, ER, and EMU MP7 along with a host of other tweak gear...its all unplanned and live in realtime, and i dont use a laptop / mac setup, its all hardware.
 
my channel is here,
 
http://www.youtube.com/phillwilson
 
if you are at a loose end and fancy a look.
 
I totally know what you mean about the difficultys in working within this paradigm, but i am always learning and always evolving in terms of finding new ways to keep extending the possibilities of this style of looping .
 
One of the main reasons I moved to this style of looping was that i was looking for a third way between the "static or < shaped building loop method" as favoured by most beginner loopers including myself , and the "fade out old stuff whilst fading in new stuff" morphic looping as favoured my many ambient artists...
 
I wanted , as was always my end game even over 12 years ago when i started on this journey, was to be a self sufficiant band...not a novelty or a solo artist but someone who could access the same pallette as a live electronic band.
 
i'm not saying i am even that close to that yet, but i know every day I am growing in terms of what I CAN do , and i feel that midi lets me break free of the "once its in, its in " dynamic...i can keep each plate spinning in its own midi track and then at any given point, come back to that single plate and give it a new momentum, change its notes or beat, mute it or drop it back in...its a very powerful way of working...the nice part about the road i have taken to get hear is i am used to working within limitations ( i started with just a RC-20) so there is very little i wont try ( except pre-recorded..that just breaks my own rules)  so if i need a longer piece i play it on the guitar or guitar synth, if its an 8 par phrase is might be looped on the kaossilator one time or looped in the command station next...its  avery free way of working.
 
anyways, i have ran out of steam and rather lost my thread...again sorry for the re-post if you guys got my earlier one re affirming my purpose within the group....but yer, thanks for listening.
 
phill myonemanband