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Post by modulatoresp on May 7, 2009 22:12:55 GMT
I guess I loop because it means I can
1. improvise more easily
2. layer textures
3. record and manipulate audio live
4. play more stuff on my own
5. use less gear
why do you loop?
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Post by nick robinson on May 8, 2009 22:09:56 GMT
Lacking real technique, I just find it the perfect way to express myself...
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Post by modulatoresp on May 8, 2009 22:11:46 GMT
Lacking real technique, I just find it the perfect way to express myself... you are too modest |
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Post by ikeaboy321 on Jun 29, 2009 6:51:45 GMT
Why? it's fun.
I.ve been a big fan of drones since I was a kid.
the droning of the power lines that were near our farm in the"semi-arid foothills of my youth.the hot dry air conducted the hum with great clarity.
then I heard Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( may the god feed him honey. April 14, 1922-June 18, 2009 ) in high school and discovery the tambura and the person in the back ground playing the looping notes droning away grounding the works while Ustad Allah Rakka carved up time and space in Jhumra Tal
early tape experiments that I had made and heard. then there is always John Lennon's contribution:
NUMBER NINE NUMBER NINE NUMBER NINE NUMBER NINE NUMBER NINE
An Oberheim • Mini Sequencer hooked up to a Micro Moog and a space echo, add some E-bow and it's loop-time.
But back to the question of WHY. the Alpha state and Theda state .
A person who takes time out to reflect or meditate is usually in an alpha state. A person who takes a break from a conference and walks in the garden is often in an alpha state. A person listening to some kinds of loops isn't necessarily high but beautiful, high but not stoned.
that and I am just a real lazy guy.
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Post by ikeaboy321 on Jun 29, 2009 6:53:05 GMT
music for 18 musicians
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Post by wezloop on Aug 3, 2009 1:27:21 GMT
Being a vocals-only looper, I love being able to stand on stage with a mic in one hand and a remote in the other and create big full arrangements out of thin air.
I've always found it to be a fascinating process to watch, when others perform this way, and I love putting my own spin on this great way of making music.
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Post by oneirogenic on Aug 22, 2009 23:42:43 GMT
One of the negative reasons I started looping is because I was having a very hard time finding reliable band members with a similar artisitic vision. One the positive side I discovered how easy and fun it was to build beautifully textured sounds piece by piece. Audiences are also wowed by all the sound one person can make!
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Post by nick robinson on Aug 23, 2009 15:23:11 GMT
One of the negative reasons I started looping is because I was having a very hard time finding reliable band members with a similar artisitic vision. Ditto. I love playing ensemble loop-based music, but can't find anyone else local who does! |
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Post by wezloop on Aug 23, 2009 21:34:57 GMT
One of the negative reasons I started looping is because I was having a very hard time finding reliable band members with a similar artisitic vision. I echo that. Around here, if you don't want to be in a caberet style "hits and memories" band (and really... lifes too short; been there done that), then you majorly limit your options. |
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Post by nick robinson on Oct 28, 2009 22:26:39 GMT
Feels a bit like photography. Time stops. Pieces of time that'd be lost otherways. Looping makes them happen again. Let you think about them again. I so agree. What's weird is whne I get c omplex loop in memory, pause it, then listen again a few hours later by accident - great feeling of dej vu  |
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Post by modulatoresp on Nov 18, 2009 13:29:23 GMT
I also like looping because it gives you time to think
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Post by lwclaypool on Nov 18, 2009 16:13:46 GMT
I loop because:
1) It is an excellent creative approach to sketch and discover musical ideas. I often will work out a basic approach for a piece by looping, then flesh out the idea. I can move quickly and freely through a lot of ideas this way.
2) I create drones and several types of ornamentation (sprinkles, twinkles, etc.) by looping for use in my recordings.
3) Paraphrasing Robert Fripp - it's the best way I know to make a lot of noise with one guitar.
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Post by hurricaneramon on Nov 19, 2009 13:00:18 GMT
Hard to find people with like backgrounds is surely one of the big factors who share your concept and grooves .
The fact that it can be done inexpensively has to be another great motivator too . It's legitimacy of it not being :
" pre - recorded " has appeal and causes excitement when done well .
Trans type grooves have been around since the 60's it's when time and space took on a direction of what are/where called " sound scapes " , mental pictures of sound .
The above reference to Ravi Shankar is a great example of how "east met west " in a unique resulting manner . Now with a good synthesizer there are few limits when these type sounds ethnic sound scapesare used in looping along with traditional musical instruments .
Yeah looping - it's the new white meat and potatoes for solo performing musicians .
Andrew Bird is a great example of s successful result of the looping experience taken again to a unique perspective of stage performance live solo and with other musicians sometimes playing only with a great unique innovative drummer and then with a full on ensemble of musicians in concert with him directing the sound scape into it's realm off unique oneness .
Sincerely :
Hurricane Ramon
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Post by andybutler on Nov 21, 2009 10:26:16 GMT
Hard to find people with like backgrounds is surely one of the big factors who share your concept and grooves . Contrariwise. It's the difference of approach that makes playing with other people interesting. That's one of the reasons I find the bands that are around at the moment so deadly dull, it's rather obvious that all the members are aiming at to copy the same "bands that we like"... and worse that that, these days it's easy to pick up instruction on how to do that. So, why do I loop? There's a greater scope for contrast. For instance, I'd like to hear one musician playing ambient while the other plays rhythm...never happens though...must be against the rules or something. With the loops I can set that sort of thing up pretty easily on my own. Well, there's other reasons I loop, but that'll do for now. |
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Post by viertoener on Nov 26, 2009 13:46:14 GMT
Looping makes fun. It is very interest what come out of this when you play the overdubbs. I hear often a while my loops and the result is sometimes fantastic. Looping is a way to be free with your music. You alone responsible for the result. For all good things and all mistakes  And you have no trouble with a drummer or so ;D |
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