Re: loops with a drummer?

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

Dave Draper wrote:
> Ah, interesting topic!
> I've never met a drummer who's /happy/ to be a slave to a loop! (/They/ 
> set the rhythm, right?)

I've only tried with 2 drummers, but both could lock to my bass
loops easily.

I only used to do that if I was going to pick up another 
instrument for a bit. 

I wouldn't use a click track unless 
a) I was payed
b) someone would be upset if I didn't.

I have used guitar loops with a band, but never to set tempo.
The loops become more of a decoration in that context.




> 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.

that sound like fun, got any recordings?

andy