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I used to be pure pop music (though kind of on the experimental side influenced by people like The Beatles, XTC, Pink Floyd and Radiohead) and while I found that works in a live situation, I often find my looping doesn't... usually. To the LD members, it does. (I think) but I think we're a different animal here. Truth is, I got tired of performing pop songs live. Most people really want to hear music they know and that sure isn't my original music. I've decided that my loop performances really aren't for live performance in front of an audience either... even though they are pure live performance in a sense. I'm performing the composing and the music at the same time. Wee! Improvising is the best! So while I hope to get my shit together and start playing out from time to time, I find I don't really crave it much. Usually I can't hear myself well, feel like I'm disconnected from the audience because of a mountain of gear... ect. Seems a million times more fun in my home studio looping with my friend Andy. HEY ANDY! If you're reading this it's LOOP NIGHT! A few times a year I say this and usually get no responses, but here goes. Anyone in the SF Bay Area want to come over for some loop'n? Let me know. Mark --- David H <the.31st@gmail.com> wrote: > A member asked me what the difference is between my > home playing and my live > playing, and the answer warrants a new thread. > > Its been my impression that the majority of members > on this list play > "experimental" or "ambient" music. I really enjoy > and appreciate it, too. > Sometimes there is nothing better than flipping > through the list > listening to mp3s you guys have posted. Even so, my > friends sometimes refer > to these styles as artsy fartsy, over their head, > weird and/or boring (no > offense). > > I'm also a big fan of standard folk tunes. And > admittedly, I can't seem to > outgrow popular song structure. I write songs on my > guitar in my rental > house just like the dude next door, with verses, > choruses, lyrics, and I use > chords! ;) My loops are not very complex, I've got a > beat, a rhythm guitar, > some back up vocals, and a few layers here and > there. I originally started > looping because I got sick of trying to put a decent > band together and > decided to be the whole band. Now I play popular > bars and clubs around town, > and they like to hear "songs" that people can sing > and dance to. Boy, that > sentence sure made me seem like a sell out. But read > on: > > Each song I've written has been composed in a very > flexible way. I can pick > up my acoustic and perform without ever plugging in, > but I also leave a > place in every song when I loop it to take it to > places that are > experimental or ambient. I have the dynamic of > performing one song dry, and > the next looped into outer space. Anyway, so I see > the music I make as a > transitional vehicle. From the popular mundane, to > what I like to think of > the fine wines of music, the experimental, and etc. > You can take people who > don't listen to ambient music to places they > wouldn't normally go by > tricking them into thinking they are listening to a > popular song they could > hear on the radio. I give Budweiser drinkers a sip > of Merlot, (that's you > guys). > > When I'm playing at home, its more entertaining to > me, the loops are much > longer and layers much deeper, effects much more > dynamic. I'm experimenting. > But during a performance I tone it down, I sing > catchy tunes so that they > like me, and throw in a few weird, noisy, ambient > phrases to pique their > interest, and so I have a good time too. > > David > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now.