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Well actually 9 out of 10 of my loops are out of time, pedal notes and drones. I'm a bass player and don't much like playing with guitarist's. I physically combine percussion instruments with my bass. I don't like giving to much away, Cause you have to see it live to appreciate it. but one of the things i do is lay the machine heads of the bass on hi hat cymbals[Gibson headstock so the machine heads are facing down] and while standing up, hitting the cymbals with delay/reverb and so forth. [With one stick in your right hand]. and muting the strings with your left. The cymbals echo through the strings to the pickups and then you may loop, if required. And it's not just a gimmick, I use it musically within the song. Not like some looping i've heard. When i get all the computer shit together i'll send you guys some MP3's. Cam. ----- Original Message ----- From: John McIntyre <mcintyre@pa.msu.edu> To: <loopers-delight@annihilist.com> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:41 AM Subject: another approach to looping > I understand the emphasis on hardware here, and I use a lot of loops in > my solo > playing and with my electronic band Mutually Assured Destruction. But > with my > rock band the Dangerous Shoe, I approach looping in a way I don't > remember > anyone else discussing here. I play bass guitar with the Shoe, and I > play loops > rather than using machines. This provides subtle variations as it's > almost impossible > to play a loop exactly the same all the time (at least it is for me > (-8). Syncing up > to the rest of the band is easier than trying to get a machine's loop > time to match, > and it's easier to adjust when the jam mutates. Of course, it does help > that we > have another bass player to handle the "real" (read: more conventional) > bass parts, > leaving me free to loop and drone. > > Does anybody else here play loops rather than machine them? > > John McIntyre > Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept > Michigan State University > mcintyre@pa.msu.edu > >