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"Loop" interacting with the rest of the music.



I post this some days ago...i think was an important topic ...No coments 
???
The questions is:
How you can ''construct'' a groovy loop if you don't know to play your
instrument with swing ??? I speaking about ''construct'' playing , not
programing/sampling etcetc ...
julio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julio Moreno" <ciego@ig.com.br>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 12:44 PM
Subject: "Loop" interacting with the rest of the music.


>
> > I have noticed that playing loops manually (just playing a phrase over
and
> > over again) can be quite an experience, and certainly a different one 
>to
> > using a looping device. Sometimes, your fingers just take over, and you
> can
> > hear the "loop" interacting with the rest of the music.
>
> YES!  this is called ''groove'''...i been playing the last 10 years in
dance
> bands here in Bahia where the people really SWINGS, sometimes 7 hours of
non
> stop amazing grooves.I played  with the famous band named Timbalada and
the
> first Guettho Square band with 30 young swingy drumers for about four
months
> in 4 hour ''open reharsal'' every Sunday in front of 1500 people and i
know
> what you are talking about.This kind of band haven't got bass player.They
> have bass drums (22'' and 24'' tuned D and G ) and the guitar (6th and 
>5th
> strings mainly) interact in the with the bass drums providing the
> Root...this forces you to play very ''tigth'' and your right hand must
play
> ALWAYS the same  pattern to death.