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-----Original Message----- From: ld thomson <heatshrink@hotmail.com> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 4:35 PM Subject: The Effects Of Looping...Or am I loopy? >Have any of you loopers who are doing soundscaping noticed that your >perception of time is altered during the soundscaping? Yes, but for me it is similar to what happens whenever I "connect", if you know what I mean. I'm a didjeridu player and the same kind of thing happens when I play it, for example. We're on the edge of looper religion here...but I'll continue even if I sound flaky... * I've been reading "The Power of Myth" by Bill Moyer and Joseph Campbell. Campbell says that there are two kinds of myth. The function of one type is to entertain. The other type teaches you things about the universe, helps you access the inifinite, etc. It's a ritual myth. It struck me that you can consider music in the same way. Most of the music I play with other folks is entertainment. Most of the looper-based stuff, the soundscaping, is ritualistic in Campbell's sense. In my earlier days, I found listening to such bands as Pink Floyd gave me a similar experience. * Some examples of early non-technological looping can be found in religious ceremony. I think trance dancing and shaman drumming are probably examples. In the Christian church, I think the "responsive reading" can qualify as a looping experience. Here, the leader recites varying phrases and the congregation responds to each phrase with (usually) an unchanging phrase. Consider this situation as the leader "soloing" over a loop! Dennis Leas ----------------------------- dennis@mdbs.com >PS I am drug free. Although I usually drink Camomile tea when I'm >soundscaping. PS I am drug free as well. Usually I floss when I'm looping at home.