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At 08:19 PM 1/20/98 -0500, you wrote: >Tell us some cello looping stories! Nice of you to ask. I started improvising about 12 years ago after playing classical for most of my life. I was play "Dream Girls" on Broadway and noticed all the regular pop musicians were having a ball, and the string players were falling asleep......... When you say "electric cello," how electric do you get? Do you use fuzz, feedback, wah, pitchshifting, etc.? Yes, All of the above, but not all the time. I like to save the strong effects for the right time, for example, I do an hommage to the Iraq "War" that starts with a pizzacato loop and i play over that gentil arabic melodies (like they chant at the mosques), the melodies start to get more agitated, i bring in some delays and start screaming, the loop cuts out and i go into a hendrix type distortion/delay that sometimes ends with the star spangeled banner.......then i bring back the pizz loop, but the melody has changed, it's more grotesque and sad. How do audiences react to an electric cello? The cello is an instrument very close to all of us. The size is the same, the voice, it goes into the heart of people...........when it's elctrified and effected it just gets more powerful.... What equipment do you use? I am trying to reduce my set up all the time. Now i use just a Roland SE70, Jamman, Echo-Plex and Mackie 1202 with a Ground Control MIDI footpedal. (Have a VS-880 here at home and have played some live shows with that and jamman) What kinds of gigs do you play? I play a lot of solo shows, mostly in Europe and here in Quebec. Dance and theatre too. Here in Quebec i'm playing in a pop orianted band thats using lots of live looping with the cello, voice and digital drums.hot slap bass and we're starting to get into interactive lights and sound triggering. If anyone out there knows about good intrtactive systems other than Demension Beam, please let me know. Nice to be in touch with you guys........... erich@interlinx.qc.ca, web page: http://kspace.com/kory >I played cello when I was a kid and still dig the sound of it.---- Never too late to try it again!(especially plugged in!) > >Mark Kata >Mark@asisoftware.com > >---------- >From: erich kory[SMTP:erich@InterLinx.qc.ca] >Sent: Friday, January 16, 1998 5:55 PM >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >Subject: Re: Hello... Hello!...hello!! > >now that i see that everyone gets these messages........ > >i will introduce myself. > >i play electric cello and have been an addict of many things, the only >remaining being looping. Started about 12 years ago with the digitech >double footpedals and now with a combination of jamman and echoplex. > >Hooked up with Mosz Loredo- bass and sampling freak (made demo for the >Akai >samplers) and we're having some hot times up here in cold Quebec! > >Love to hook up with any recording projects that might need a little >spice. >i've been doing session work for many years and can play with just about >anything. > >luv to all you crazy Loopers > >erich > > > > >