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On Oct 6, 2007, at 7:28 AM, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill wrote: > > That being said... > >> 1) how many people on the list do solo non looping gigs? > Mhmmm, is it a solo gig if I play piano and sing at the same time? > I believe > within the scope of your question, rather not. I played a few solo > gigs in > the past, most of them on the piano, although some on the trombone > as well. > Some of the piano gigs not with original material, though (jazz > piano). Is > it also considered "solo non looping" if I use a delay? A chorus? Yes, though adding processing creates a different instrument/ approach than that on a "dry" instrument. I should have been more specific: "non processed/ natural/ dry/ naked" instrument. > >> 2) "the beauty of the single not line" - how many guitar >> players/ players of multitimbral instruments can do an >> improv. gig using only single note lines and hold an >> audiences attention? for how long? > I never tried that on the piano. I believe on the piano it might be > even > harder than on the guitar, because you don't have that many means > of putting > expression into a single note (bending, volume pedal, vibrato,...) Something to explore (?) ..... > >> 3) if you're not comfortable doing this, is that because of >> preference (ie: vertical vs. linear hearing)? Being raised >> on a particular instrument? Or did you gravitate towards >> your preferred instrument due to how you hear things? > See above > >> 4) if you play a mono timbral instrument (horns etc) is the >> desire to "loop" a means of filling up vertical space to >> compliment your single note line play? > Among other things (sound design, multiinstrumental stuff). I also > did that > non-looping by using the technique of playing notes alternatingly in > different registers of the instrument, thus giving the impression > of two > lines happening at once (something like Bobby McFerrin on trombone). > > Rainer >