Re: Articles on Live Looping as Compositional Tool

["Warren Sirota" <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>]

Hi Kayla,

I don't have any links for you, but I would encourage you to explore, as part of your thesis, the fact that loop-based composition is a new form of structure for music, much like song form or sonata form (although maybe the latter is kind of a weak analogy). People are wired to recognize repetition, and looping lends not just density but also structure to free-form spontaneous composition. Maybe most of us start in on this road through a desire to be a kind of "one-person-band" for whatever reasons, but we discover that looping has a profound effect on the type of music we make and doesn't just fill in the gaps.

Of course, some of us may more determinedly than others force looping into a preconceived framework in order to achieve specific goals, but i suspect that more of us adapt the framework to the Loop.

Warren

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Kayla Kavanagh <irishkayla@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hi folks,

I'm currently putting together a PhD proposal which focuses on the use of live looping as a compositional tool and musical instrument in its own right. I would appreciate any links you might have on scholarly articles which refer to this area or anything else that may be relevant. I've checked out the links on the LD site and have them bookmarked, so if you know of any others (or have written anything yourself) please could you pass the links my way?

Many thanks for your help!

Kayla

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