Re: why do we loop?

[ArsOcarina@aol.com]

Oh well, here goes,

I loop because it's what I do . . . and have done for twenty-something years now. 
Force of habit. In the beginning it was because (like Michael Klobuchar said) nobody
else would play with me. Actually, I was damn shy anyway and seldom asked anyone 
to play with me. I felt inept . . . I probably was (and still am to a large degree) inept. 
The difference is now that I am no longer so painfully shy (I got over it) and I don't let 
my ineptitude stop me anymore either.

I never set out to be a "looper" per se. If I am one now I'm probably not a very 
good one. It's just one of the bits of technology I picked up along the way to help
me make music. It stuck . . . and now so am I. Like a ballet dancer who practices 
in front of a mirror, looping helped me improve as a musician in a lot of ways.
I am now even quite comfortable playing and NOT looping. 

Now there's an idea, a festival for loopers to NOT loop at. Just play. I do a fair 
"Leo Kottke" schtick when playing acoustic and "unlooped." I can't sing though.
That's another thing that drove me towards trying to acheive some sort of
instrumental self-sufficency. I can't sing and play at the same time . . . not 
even the simplest campfire folksong.

Best regards,

tEd ® kiLLiAn

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