Re: Looping - surfing a blank mind -? (music content..)

[Brian Kupferschmid <apparitionapparition@yahoo.com>]

Interesting piece.  I think, like all forms of music, looping is what you 
make it.  Some people will either like it, some will not.  I do something 
similar to what you did, basically, make a few notes and sounds, and react 
accordingly, not paying attention to chords or melody, though at times, I 
hear a passage and have to harmonize with it.  Sometimes, I start with a 
random noise, chop it up rhythmically, then play to that, depends on my 
mood.  I guess what I'm trying to say is, if it sounds good to you, then 
it is good, chances are, someone else out there will think it's good too.

--- On Mon, 2/22/10, Anders Bergdahl <anders_e_bergdahl@hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Anders Bergdahl <anders_e_bergdahl@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Looping - surfing a blank mind -? (music content..)
> To: "Loopers Delight" <loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 12:50 PM
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> I recently recorded about 30 minutes of live looping
> without any "normal" musical intent. I mainly
> tried to keep my mind blank and just play
> "something" and the try to react to that without
> reverting to standard phrases or scales.
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> So is this a "typical" looping peice? Is it to
> experimental? Do all/most loopers at one stage get into such
> sound/noise making rather than the traditional rock/jazz
> music making?
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> To me looping in this style is more like
> "classical" music, longer and tension and release
> is not necessarily an issue of chord and harmony, just as
> much of intensity and calm and development over time without
> verse and chorus.. looping sort of frees my mind. Or making
> it blank.. same thing sort of..
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> I have been looping with the EDP for just about a year now
> and to ME these types of things sound sort of normal..
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> My clip that started my thinking is here:
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> http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8787270
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> So am I just crazy..
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> Anders
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