Re: looping and "normal music"

[Tom Spaulding <tspauldi@gibson.com>]

Cool. Of course,now,... Fripp's heartbeat... ;-)

Tom "Be Loopfull and Multiply" Spaulding


>Yo Pat,
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>Come round to my place and I'll hook you up to a 12-lead EKG... You can see
>for yourself just how much a heartbeat resembles a loop. It is a little
>ostinato comprised of five segments that repeat over and over and over, yet
>are dynamic. It even mirrors your emotional state--it builds up when
>you're excited, slows down when you're at peace, changes shape when you're
>sick.
>
>And yeah, there is a finite number of beats. Every story--be it a life, or
>a loop--has a beginning and an ending.
>
>If I could make loops like that, I'd be God. A heartbeat, indeed, is a
>loop. :-)
>
>Scott

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>> >A heart beat is a loop...
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>> Not really....
>> It has a starting point and ending point and when everything is said and
>> done, there will be a finite number of beats...
>>
>> Oh well,as poetic as it is, I'm sorry to be the one that has to pop the
>> bubble ;)
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