RE: professional loopers?

[A.Willers@t-online.de (A.Willers)]

Matthias wrote:

I am wondering how many of us make a living out of looping.
DT does, Mich Gerber, Stefan Keller,,, but I dont know about all others...

So my question to all:
Do you create music that could not be played (or presented at a 
suficient low cost) without loop technology and make a considerable 
part of the income out of it?
Do you know such musicians that are not on the list?
-- 

I saw Bill Frisell perform solo last year and his set was quite loop 
oriented, with almost every tune involving 'freesing-a-long-delay' type 
looping. On his solo record it's less obvious, I guess? In band 
performances he uses his delay quite a bit, but the loops are more the 
icing on the cake than the core of the music.

In a remotely similar fashion I am using my loopers in band projects for a 
good 15% (I either bring my Digitech PDS 8000 or the EDP), but in my solo 
programm I am relying heavily on them, although I still play about 25% 
strictly solo guitar. Sometimes the gigs where the looper's break down and 
you have to make up for them are the very best...challenging. (I do this 
for a living, very lucky).

BTW, for years I have been using the tc 2290 for this, was endorsing and 
demoing the unit for them and always asked for updates in the realm of 
loopage - in vain. Even in the manual for the tc G-force multi effect the 
say something like "there is no reason anybody (in his right mind) could 
want more than 1400ms delay time". At the same time the G-force does offer 
reverb times of 20 or more seconds, which of course is a feature that is 
so 
much less usable than, say 3 seconds of delay (probably it's cheaper to 
do). 

So let's face it, we are just a bunch of esoteric freaks, guys! Somehow I 
can't blame them, these guys have to take care of their business and what 
the buying public seems to what. I kept telling them that every working 
pro 
at least in the guitar/bass field can get a good use out of any kind of a 
looping tool, be it alone for practising, teaching, studio fly-in's and , 
aha - maybe he/she can use it in his music as well after all.

But: next week I'll be a very professional looper and will perform 
workshop 
concerts at a quite know trade show & concerts event here in Germany. I 
got 
invited for my reputation as a 'progressive' jazz guitarist and my use of 
effects, loopers etc. So is there hope?

andreas