RE: My first looping performance

["Gary Lehmann" <hqr@cox.net>]

---->Congrats on making the plunge, it get easier . . .
Performance requires a certain detachment from the gear--the RC-20 makes it
easier in some ways, harder in others (no feedback, no undo--that coulda
helped).
As far as backing track, here's what I think--these ARE BACKING TRACKS,
albeit extra material generated spontaneously.  It's infintely interesting
to the player since it echoes the moment, our task is to make it so for the
listener.
Now, there are some for whom the delay looping is not a "bed"--Andre La
Fosse comes to mind--I'm sure you've heard of him, he was nice enough to
email me back saying give a holler next time I'm in the greater LA area, 
and
I told him to let me know about his LA appearances--but I imagine 9 out of
10 loopers are accumulating that time lag to solo over.  Opinions?
Gary

-----Original Message-----
Daniel Mayfield wrote:

Just thought I'd share with all my first looping performance last night, we
were having a jam night down the local pub and I though hey if I can't
experiment here then were can I?  I used my RC-20 inputting violin into one
track and guitar into another...Played one bum note on the guitar but
overdubbed enough so it couldn't really be heard, god those wrong notes 
just
keep coming around and around and around...
Then once I had the guitars playing I layered the violins over it, people 
in
my small town hadn't ever seen anything like it, some though I was using
backing tracks!
Well I got a real buzz from it and shall work on a set, looping is such fun
as I'm sure all you lot know, well thankyou for letting me waffle to you 
all

Dan