RE: Looping Catching on?

["Javier Miranda V." <gnominus@earthling.net>]

        Very good point.  However, as far as this point goes, I'd like to 
bring up another one.  Especially in the rock'n'roll world, people are 
used to the guitars, bass, drums "concept set," with piano and synths 
thrown in for good measure; however, when was the last time a band with 
instruments *other than those mentioned above* did well for a sustained 
period of time?  I think maybe a hit here and there, but I believe no 
instrument outside of those in the "concept" has been successful in 
becoming part of the common "concept" set.  What I mean is, there is a 
certain bias against anything that is not in the "rock'n'roll concept," as 
it were, anything "alien."
        When considering looping another instrument in the modern 
musician's arsenal, I think it's worth to also think of the "common" 
instruments people are accustomed to hearing.
        And, as someone else said, what about classical looping, 
heavy-metal looping, country looping?  
        I see a duality here between the instruments being used for 
looping purposes and the very nature of looping as being another 
instrument.
        This might get really confusing to John and Jane, or Tom and 
Helen, whoever they are.
        On the other hand, when was the last time in 1975 that people 
foresaw the ugly dolls children play with nowadays?  Or, in the heady days 
of the summer of 1967, did anybody foresee the amount of violence in the 
tele and cinema in this day and age?
        There is still hope the Looping instrument will become part of the 
rock'n'roll, or popular, world.


-----Original Message-----
From: dan sumner [mailto:permadan@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday 09 January 1999 5:45 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: RE: Looping Catching on?



Fellow Musicians,

I feel that this is a good point to throw in my 2cents worth.  Do you
really think it necessary that looping catch on with the listener?  To
me, that seems as ridiculous as a particular surgical instrument
catching on with the patients.  We're musicians and we should be
asking our gracious listeners to accept our music, not our technique.
Dan Sumner