OT: is really OT: Cigarette

[William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

 This is really lovely  Petri, though Its been a while since i  
experienced a period of time when I felt like I needed to stop looping  
and start writing and playing without loops, I understand the feeling  
and may I offer this.  If i were a singer songwriter guitar player, I  
would do much less multi-tasking than I do now and i doubt I'd do more  
than create a bit of guit-box groove and perhaps a bridge or solo  
section change  that I could undo, or  minimal ostinato note or two  
that works against all of the chords and leave it at that.  You might  
check out the great Joseph Arthur playing solo on Youtube for  
inspiration in this regard., though I think he is doing more  
sophisticated things than what i described above these days, probably  
on a lap top :-). The other thing is perhaps you may be more of a  
hardware guy , some of us still are:-). Any of the techniques i  
described above can be done on the most basic of loopers. I've been  
teaching guitar for many years and I can say without question that if  
you are a life long student of the guitar, as I am, a basic looper is  
your practice pal, your song writing partner, and your rhythmic butt  
kicker all in one, it doesn't have to be a glowing screen with endless  
possibilities.
good luck and stay in touch
 Bill