Re: Doug's gratuitous introspective comment

[Joey <tentaclejoe@gmail.com>]

No midi, no syncing, no restarting :) My band experiences have been
more conventional in a rock type format (drums, guitar, bass) where
the looping doesn't need to go on through out the entire song but more
like adding some spurts of ambiance or texture to the songs.


On 6/26/05, Bill Edmondson <edmondson5@comcast.net> wrote:
> Please describe your approach. Are you referring to playing with a live
> drummer? Is the band playing to a click? Syncing via MIDI? Do you restart
> the loop to keep it in sync with the band, ... ?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joey [mailto:tentaclejoe@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:07 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Doug's gratuitous introspective comment
> 
> On 6/26/05, Doug Cox <dougcox@pdq.net> wrote:
> >
> > - I've become a much better player AND looper by using looping within a
> > band context. (gratuitous introspective comment)
> >
> >
> 
> Same here. I am not sure what type of band context you are referring
> to but I have found that looping within a conventional band type
> structure has made my looping more tasteful. Sort of when I figured
> out that holding one note longer than playing 3 notes lets the music
> breathe :)
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