One Redeeming Quality of Solo Looping (was Improvisation Ears)

["Gary Lehmann" <hqr@cox.net>]

It seems to me that one reason for solo looping is the ability to use your
"big ears" to stretch your musical boundaries, in a way that ensemble
playing, even with the most gifted musicians, usually does not--they all
have their own agendas, and their mind reading is spotty at best.

I truly enjoy finding my way in unfamiliar musical situations--but looping
while improvising is all of that!

I like what Andre said in the Ronan interview (thanks Chris!) at 1:19:10
about "throwing my playing back at myself"--and listening twice as hard as
you play!

Gary