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>>andre: i hope i didn't cut yer hose w/my letter; i just felt a wee bit >>misunderstood, there; never having been an idolater of bobby fripp, every >>once in a while i get tired of hearing his name being *equated* w/the >art of >>looping, ya dig? s'pose it's a tad "small" of me, but..... >The problem here is that Fripp has produced a lot of live looping >material, >ie "here's a looper and a bunch of FX and a guitar, and here's what you >can >do with them in your own home/ at the pub/etc." So it becomes a standard >because it's what most of the people on this list do. For example, I >gather WMS,T is de/reconstructed loops - something that most of us aren't >really in a position to do, so it's difficult to take as a benchmark. Now >if a live, solo DT album were to be released (SUBTLE HINT HERE, DAVID) >then >it would be something that related to us more as "live" loopers. A recent >debate in these virtual pages talked about going "beyond Fripp", but only >in the sense that his looping methodology is the one we're all familiar >with. >"Bobby" Fripp. Heh heh heh... >Michael Sept 96 issue of Guitar player has David Torn revealing his secrets for looping for those of you wishing to go "Beyond Fripp". I very inspiring article. Unfortunately they put the "Space Rock" article on the web instead of the Torn article, so'll you have to visit your library or borrow a friend's mag. see below for issue details: http://www.enews.com/magazines/guitar_player/archive/960901-001-toc.html If this has already been mentioned, sorry but I've only been on the list a month or so see ya John