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Tom W., If all you eat is bread, it gets boring/unsatisfying after awhile. Try herring (sorry, poor joke). Looping is just a tool (sorry), it's not the end -all-maybe it's learning to incorporate it into your overall musical vocabulary. SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTARY Solo Practice at Home: Try playing pieces/doing improvisations that have nothing to do with looping. Or just sit down for a 45-minute period of time and do whatever comes to mind . . . maybe you'll find that the next step in the flow IS looping. Growth Process: Haven't you ever felt the "RUT" show up before? It means you're ready to go to your next phase-whatever that may be. It's all part of the growth process. How do you deal with this normally? Usually, when I get in this sort of situation, I try to analyze what it is that's bugging me about what I'm doing-or try to figure out what's lacking/where I want to go or be. (Once, when I hated my soloing, I realized that I wanted to sound like Lester Bowie playing bass, so I tried imagining what that meant-and I tried to figure out how to achieve that.) Sometimes, I decide to pull back from writing and concentrate on writing. Lately, I've felt like I wanted to pull a Sonny Rollins or Gary Peacock-just hole up and practice and forget about gigs, etc. for a good long time. If all you're doing is practicing, get out and play. A friend of mine had that deck of cards that Brian Eno made (Oblique Strategies?), that seemed to have a lot of interesting possibilites . . . Fatigue: If you're schedule's been super-busy, maybe you're just tired. stig > ---------- > From: Woehni > Reply To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 1998 4:19 AM > To: LiebigSA@maritz.com > Subject: Crisis!!!!!! > > > > Hi friends , I`ve got a major crisis on my hands. I`m gonna come > right out > and say it: > > I`ve begun to get doubts about looping.................and I need some > reassuring. > > The thing is , when I loop it doesn`t seem to go anywhere. I always > get stuck in > the same tracks and the music sounds like.........looping. Sometimes > my Jamman > can feel like a limitation , rather than a new colour on my (somewhat > limited) canvas. > > At this point I feel like taking a break from the whole looping world > and just plug straight > in. There is nothing wrong with this , of course , a clean sound is > often the bast way to > go. This is proven over and over again by players who doesnt care > about effects. So this > doesnt worry me; I dont see it as a problem to want to plug straight > in the amp. > > BUT: It worries me that what started out like a dream with endless > posibilities ended > SO QUICKLY. I had a ball with it , played in different musical > situations and HAD FUN. > And now it suddenly feels so alien. Like a third arm or something. > > Have any of you gone through something similar?? If so , how did u > get through it?? > > I must add that I`m not the type of person that jump on everything and > get bored with it after > a short while. I`m usually quite patient and persistent. > > I`ve had a very busy schedule for the last couple of months and worked > very hard. Now I`m starting to feel tired and I`m looking forward to > the Easter Holiday. Maybe this is the answer? > Maybe It`s just fatigue and my looping energy will return after the > holiday??? > > I hope so. > > Yours , Thomas w > > Oslo , norway > >