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Re: Newly subscribed!



Welcome aboard Steve!

You'll find quite a variety of looping experience and technique being 
shared here.

And I'm sure you will bring lots of your own to share with us.

Best,

Ted



> Steve Bingham schrieb:
>> I have been wondering if perhaps today was not the best day to 
>> subscribe to the list (-: To say that my inbox presented me with a 
>> rich tapestry of postings is to put it mildly..... It did, however, 
>> make me investigate my mail filtering rules!
>> Anyway; here I am.
>> Hello to Andy, Mike, Per and anyone else on the list who already 
>> knows me.
>> To all those who don't; I'm a UK-based classically-trained violinist 
>> who got into looping a few years ago while playing in a group with 
>> bassist Steve Lawson. I currently do quite a lot of looping in my 
>> solo gigs, alongside normal acoustic violin repertoire.
>> I started off with a succession of hardware loopers - Boss RC20, 
>> Echoplex, Looperlative - but finally went over to the software side a 
>> couple of years ago.
>> My current main gig setup is; 5-string electric violin by Fidelius. 
>> SooperLooper within Logic 8 on a MacBook Pro. Gordius Little Giant 
>> controller. I also use Roland PK5 midi bass pedals.
>> My looping at the moment tends to fall into 2 main categories: 1) 
>> Stuff I've arranged or written: This tends to be either arrangements 
>> of classical pieces, cover versions of songs, and the odd original 
>> composition. 2) Stuff other people have written for me: This ranges 
>> from original looping pieces by a variety of composers, to looping 
>> arrangements and covers.
>> Given a little more free time (sometime this century I hope!) I'd 
>> like to explore writing more original stuff of my own, and also more 
>> improvisational looping.
>> If you're interested enough in any of this to want to find out more, 
>> my website is at www.stevebingham.co.uk, where there are sound clips 
>> and also some live video recordings of some of my looping.
>> I look forward to more learning about what you are all doing with 
>> your looping, and less flaming..... (-:
>> Best wishes to all,
>> Steve
>> Steve Bingham
>> www.stevebingham.co.uk