Re: Teaching a newcomer

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

On 6/27/12 12:05 AM, kay'lon rushing wrote:
> Dont think I've seen this posted before so i thought I'd ask, what are 
> some ways to go about teaching a friend about live looping? I have a 
> friend that wants to get into it however he has very little experience 
> with any instrument to my knowledge. And my only experience is mainly 
> from piano which I doubt he would want to take years to learn. What 
> are some good approaches I can take to getting him started?
I teach people all the time, professionally and concur with Matt's advice.

Human voice is probably the quickest way to get them interested in the 
tools.

I just work with them on getting them to make a rhythmic loop that isn't 
lumpy so that
they understand how important it is to begin a loop at the exact time 
that they start
singing/playing and then truncating the loop on the next appropriate 
downbeat of their
loop.

This can take a while.    I also wait until they have a few successes 
under their belt before showing
them additional features (reverse, speed shifts, replace features, etc.).

What's important I find it to get out of their way and let them make 
mistakes.......you can see if they
are not understanding something important but it's more powerful to let 
them learn from their own
mistakes unless they get stuck behind a concept.

rick