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At 11:53 AM 3/26/98 -0800, Mike Biffle wrote: >OB KimF disclaimer... hit that delete button now Kim! 8-> > Hey, I don't have a problem with long discussions about improvisation. That's what *I* like to do! Of course it's nice if we deal with improvisation AND looping..... Now, despite appearances, I don't have any problem with Robert Fripp or his music. But for reasons that I don't understand (nor do I need them explained in excruciating detail! :-) Robert Fripp discussions here usually end up in very long dissertations on something like "How Fripp tunes his guitar and why it changed my life". If you guys could once in a while manage nice, informative, on-topic discussions like perhaps "how Robert Fripp uses Loops and what I learned from that" you'd hear a little less bitching from me! well, probably not much less....:-) OB thread related stuff: I think looping provides an interesting way to add (improvised) structure to improvisational music. Since you instantly get repetition of a theme and the ability to recall previous ideas at will, you can create something with more development, intent, and direction, without necessarily planning it all ahead of time. And you can easily add various levels of rhythm to provide flow and backdrop to other improvisations. So it's a great tool to help you avoid the very real danger in improvised music of meandering endlessly, saying nothing, and losing your audience. kim ________________________________________________________ Kim Flint 408-752-9284 Mpact System Engineering kflint@chromatic.com Chromatic Research http://www.chromatic.com