Re: loops with a drummer?

[Dave Draper <dh.draper@virgin.net>]

Ah, interesting topic!
I've never met a drummer who's /happy/ to be a slave to a loop! (/They/ 
set the rhythm, right?)
However I've played with a couple who are happy to play /with/ loops.
The difference for me, in improvised music, is that neither the drummer 
nor the loop is the master, rather there may be loops, there may be drum 
rhythms; sometimes the drummer reacts to a loop & plays what /he(/she)/ 
hears - it might not be the same rhythm/time signature that the loop was 
originally played in, but it often adds a kind of rhythmic counterpoint. 
My next decision is whether to retrigger or change the loop, or more 
usually, go with the drummer's interpretation. That way we get to 
different places than either of us would reach individually, or by being 
in a master/slave relationship.
Otherwise it's up to me to 'play' the looper/one-shot sampler to make 
sense of the drum rhythm.
It's a great combination, but there ain't many drummers (or other 
acoustic players!) that are keen on the combination.
It does require an approach to looping that's /not/ based on strict 
MIDI-or-any-other sync though; you need to be in manual, instant control 
of your looper, just like you are of your instrument (of which it's 
part, of course!!)
Dave



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