Re: Practicing Looping in the Dark

[paul <phaslem@wightman.ca>]

Interesting idea that! I've never tried looping in the dark, but I do 
on a regular basis practice playing my hammered dulcimer in the dark, 
it's quite challenging i think because you have no physical 
connection with the instrument. That has certainly made me a better 
dulcimer player because I'm less reliant on having to have those 
visual prompts and can focus more on the sounds be able to 
instinctively reach for the ones I want.

Paul Haslem
www.dulcify.ca





At 11:19 AM 8/6/2007, you wrote:
>While we are at it, here is a suggestion + invitation for feedback:
>
>Recently, I have occasionally started practicing looping in a pitch 
>dark room and found the experience VERY useful.
>Being able to sense the knobs/settings by heart and do the right 
>moves without any visual feedback (except LEDs) has been a really 
>good training.
>
>I haven't really needed these skills yet in a live situation, but I 
>think it can give you more confidence, not getting irritated by 
>insufficient lighting etc.
>
>Do you also have any experience on this?
>
>Buzap
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