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Re: Ubetoo Live Looping category



Of course, you're totally right about that. Anyone is free to call
his/her music whatever he/she thinks fits the bill.

per


On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> 
wrote:
> yeah, but (with all due respect), so what? it's an experiment. i think 
>the
> term means something, even if the exact defn is a bit fuzzy - maybe 
>that's
> the whole point. i think maybe there's value in having the term appear in
> the category drop-down, as a way of shoehorning it into public 
>consciousness
> a bit. maybe there's no value in that, but i think there might be.
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> But isn't that category tagging at the Ubetoo site supposed to give
>> hints about musical genre?  "Live Looping" is not a genre but a
>> technique, an instrument or a kind of gear. I think it only confuses
>> listeners to mix things up.
>>
>> If the site should also be using a complementary way of tagging pieces
>> - like for example "acapella", "non amplified",  "piano", "saxophone",
>> "duo", "quartet" etc - then I think Live Looping should have fitted in
>> there, but not among the genres.
>>
>> Greetings from Sweden
>>
>> Per Boysen
>> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
>> www.looproom.com (international)
>> www.ubetoo.com/Artist.taf?_ArtistId=6550
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Matthias Grob <matilists@atarde.com.br>
>> wrote:
>> > youhou, Warren, very well done!
>> > Andy Butler writes it as one word, so its a new word: LiveLooping
>> > I like that better, too
>> > what do you think?
>> >
>> > On 8 Dec 2008, at 11:10, Warren Sirota wrote:
>> >
>> > So, just for the heck of it, I sent a request to create a Live Looping
>> > category over at Ubetoo. Here's the reply:
>> >
>> > Thanks for your request. I have honestly never heard of Live Looping
>> > before,
>> > but have now added the category to the music categories on our website
>> > to
>> > try it out. Please tell your friends they're welcome to upload. If the
>> > category hasn't grown enough within the nearest few weeks it may risk
>> > being
>> > removed in the future, same as for all other small categories, so 
>start
>> > posting! Thanks for the feedback.
>> >
>> > So, there should now be a Live Looping category at Ubetoo. I'm going 
>to
>> > move
>> > my Live Looping pieces over to that category today. So, if you wish to
>> > categorize some of your music this way, here is an opportunity.
>> >
>> > Warren
>> > http://www.ubetoo.com/Artist.taf?_ArtistId=6679
>> > http://www.warrensirota.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Warren
> http://www.ubetoo.com/Artist.taf?_ArtistId=6679
> http://www.warrensirota.com
>