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>>Think about this: When a musician first learns how to play a G major >scale, >>do they immediately unleash a torrent of hip altered-G post-bob lines? > >Is that post-bob as in post- Bob Fripp? After 3am, I start developing verticle pyslexia... > >> Those weren't the folks who brought us the electric guitar lexicon we >have >> today! > >Well I have a guitar lexicon. I thought you used an Oberheim. > >(Sorry, couldn't resist. It's Christmas) ho,ho,ho.....;-) > >BTW one way of changing the structure - of possibly the precieved tempo - >is to loop your chords but not your bassline (I guess most people do it >the >other way around). By changing the phrasing of the bassline you can >achieve dramatic shifts without changing loop length or anything. I >picked >up on this when Glass' "Spaceship" from Einstein on the Beach was played >on >the radio. The piece builds in intensity without ever adding more >instruments, just by varying the organ part beneath a "looped" choral >part. > Very impressive. > >Michael That's a cool idea. When I think about it, jazz players do that all the time. Have to give it a try, thanks... kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com