Re: Newly subscribed!

[Mark Sottilaro <zerocrossing@gmail.com>]

Welcome aboard.  In case you know me, I'm still my cranky wise ass self. ;)

This is quite a beautiful piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHML_HiZYD0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fstevebingham.co.uk%2Fhome%2F%3Fp%3D6&feature=player_embedded

I hope no one likens me to someone aiding terrorists for saying so!

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Steve Bingham <sbingham@con-brio.com> 
wrote:
> I have been wondering if perhaps today was not the best day to subscribe 
>to
> the list (-: To say that my inbox presented me with a rich tapestry of
> postings is to put it mildly..... It did, however, make me investigate my
> mail filtering rules!
>
> Anyway; here I am.
>
> Hello to Andy, Mike, Per and anyone else on the list who already knows 
>me.
>
> To all those who don't; I'm a UK-based classically-trained violinist who 
>got
> into looping a few years ago while playing in a group with bassist Steve
> Lawson. I currently do quite a lot of looping in my solo gigs, alongside
> normal acoustic violin repertoire.
>
> I started off with a succession of hardware loopers - Boss RC20, 
>Echoplex,
> Looperlative - but finally went over to the software side a couple of 
>years
> ago.
>
> My current main gig setup is; 5-string electric violin by Fidelius.
> SooperLooper within Logic 8 on a MacBook Pro. Gordius Little Giant
> controller. I also use Roland PK5 midi bass pedals.
>
> My looping at the moment tends to fall into 2 main categories: 1) Stuff 
>I've
> arranged or written: This tends to be either arrangements of classical
> pieces, cover versions of songs, and the odd original composition. 2) 
>Stuff
> other people have written for me: This ranges from original looping 
>pieces
> by a variety of composers, to looping arrangements and covers.
>
> Given a little more free time (sometime this century I hope!) I'd like to
> explore writing more original stuff of my own, and also more 
>improvisational
> looping.
>
> If you're interested enough in any of this to want to find out more, my
> website is at www.stevebingham.co.uk, where there are sound clips and 
>also
> some live video recordings of some of my looping.
>
> I look forward to more learning about what you are all doing with your
> looping, and less flaming..... (-:
>
> Best wishes to all,
> Steve
>
> Steve Bingham
> www.stevebingham.co.uk
>
>
>