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Are people who use DL4's not considered "proper" loopers then? On 3 May 2008, at 18:02, Tim Nelson wrote: > That's exactly what I've been thinking throughout this > whole thread. I hadn't commented because I've not read > all the posts and thought someone had probably already > mentioned it, but it really does seem that almost > every pedalboard you see out there has at least > something like a DL4 or an RC-20 on it. > > Now whether or not all those pedals are being used for > what we would consider live looping is another > question, but it does raise the problem of determining > who gets to be on such a list based on such a 'gray > area' set of criteria. > > The list might consist of: > > 1) Well-known musicians of any musical style who've > been sighted with looping gear onstage or in the > studio, with no consideration as to its use. (As > Stefan pointed out, this would be HUGE.) > > or > > 2) Well-known musicians known to incorporate some > degree of live looping into a variety of contexts. > > or > > 3) Well-known (?) musicians who've established their > entire careers using looping as an integral element of > their musical style. > > Obviously there'd be a lot of overlap between these > categories... > > We might also have to define 'well known': take > someone like Andre LaFosse; he's undoubtedly expanded > the techniques of live looping and regularly pushes > the envelope, but is pretty much unknown outside of a > comparatively small group of like-minded musicians. I > would think someone like that would be more worthy of > comment within our specialized community than would > Joe Rockstar who might be using a DL4 as a delay or > doing some rudimentary looping on a tune or two, but > is clearly much more highly visible to the general > public. > > -t- > > > > --- Stefan Tiedje <Stefan-Tiedje@addcom.de> wrote: >> Another thought about this list of fame: Imagine you >> should list famous >> pianists, any list would be more of a personal >> reference, and would be >> far from being complete, in the contrary, a complete >> list would be >> unbearable. This is a clear sign, that the piano is >> an established >> instrument. >> We are heading into the state of looping being an >> established >> instrument, because a complete list is as likely to >> be too big, as >> incomplete... > > http://www.myspace.com/nimbletunes > http://cdbaby.com/all/timnelson > http://www.youtube.com/speleman62 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http:// > mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >