Re: Academic/musicological research on looping technique?

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

People have done analysis of a couple of my pieces,
(the particular features of the looping gear I use
strongly influence the compositional structure in an unusual way)
...is that the sort of thing you're after?
Not sure which of the  academic targets they were aiming for.

andy butler
www.andybutler.com


patrick dunn wrote:
> Hi everyone - I'm doing a masters paper on various aspects of digital 
> looping used in live performance. I'm particularly interested in the 
> musical structures that result during live performance, the 
> compositional process, styles used etc. Although there's quite a bit 
> written about this on the web, I can find very little in the way of 
> research papers from academic institutions, journals etc.
>  
> Does anyone know of anything? Or maybe other masters papers, 
> dissertations etc. I'm not particularly looking at technology issues, 
> except where they affect what results during the performance.
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Patrick