Re: New member.

[Luther Zevenbergen <demiurg@wanadoo.nl>]

Op vrijdag 16 april 2004 10:53, schreef Per Boysen:
> On 04-04-16 10.02,  "Luther Zevenbergen" <demiurg@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm Luther Zevenbergen and just subscribed to this mailinglist. i will
> > lurk a bit to see if there will be things discussed, that will be
> > interesting and useful for me. And maybe participate in discussions.
> >
> > Let me tell a bit about my interest in looping.
> > On the practical site, I just started a project, which I called 
>"Dipak",
> > in which i play sitar live, with effects on the sitar, combined with
> > electronic music. i use styles like techno, electro, ambient and 
>ofcourse
> > Indian classical music. Well, it sounds better than it is right now,
> > because i did only two gigs, and am still searching for everything fall
> > into place. I'm using delay to try to get two sitar's 'sounding
> > together', but i want to expand these idea with looping-techniques.
> > My musical interest is very unlimited, but mainly Indian music, 
>folkmusic
> > minimal music and electronic music.
> >
> > Well, i will see what this mailinglist will bring me.
> >
> > gr.
> > Luther
>
> Welcome to the list! Sitar is such a cool instrument. I've played some 
>gigs
> with a sitar player and then I learned that it can be difficult to 
>amplify
> a sitar, since it is not as loud as most acoustic instruments. What's 
>your
> way of dealing with this? (getting a good sitar signal for processing)

It is hard. i did once a few gigs with a stonerrock-band and i used a 
small 
pickup, but it was horrible.

Now I have bought a pretty good pick-up and I connect it with my mixer, 
where 
also the electronic part is mixed, and than to the PA-system.
I did it a few times, and it worked perfect.
Although I must add that the places i played where small. About a couple 
of 
weeks I play in a bigger venue, so I will see if it works out than.

gr.
Luther