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I have great admiration for the LD community of artists. It's a great source of inspiration for me. And inspiration has to sustain my musical cravings until I can build more skills to perform what I have in my mind. So at this point, I read this thread , not as a looping musician, but as a lover of the kinds of creativity demonstrated here. It seems to me that one of the primary functions of looping is to introduce rhythmic elements - of many forms (glitches, or long repeated ideas, etc). (delay - one of the most common and rhythmic FX - can be a form of looping, I think.) I also see looping as a multi-media performance capability, a way for the artist to keep something going so he can be free to introduce other ideas without requiring additional musicians. Its a way to introduce found sounds and weird noise in a creative sonic expression. And not always limited to music or audio. So I don't see looping as a genre, but I see many artists utilize this wonderful capability, including video artists, performance artists, experimental artists, computer artists. Oh well, I'm just babbling now... bye! -Qua