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> >** well this brings up an interesting issue, or series of issues. >how much looping does one need to have on a "looping gig"? > >is it 100%, 80%, 70%, 50%? > >if one is doing improv and the spirit of the evening drives one away >from doing 70% or more looping, does it make it a non-looping gig? a >follow-up would be what's more important, the amount of looping or >following the music? (in other words, does the technique drive the >gig or the music?) > >i've had a few people ask me if i was going to go to one of the >looping fests and play. my response i both cases was taht i wasn't >sure that i would be doing enough looping to "qualify" . . . >depending on what moved me that night, i might not pass the litmus >test of having enough looping content, or that the way id o it would >be considered appropriate. > I've had similar feelings about the term "looping music" myself. I use loopers extensively, I currently have a boomerang, a jamman, a dl-4, and a repeater on the way. But I don't do music that depends on looping, necessarily. The loopers are just some of many, some'd probably say too many :-), tools that I use for music. Because I use a butter knife as a bow on my bass, do I play utensil music? What if I use alligator clips? Does that mean I play stoner music?:-) If a looper loops loops with a looper, how many loops does looper have to loop to be a looper? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Trenkel New and Improv Music http://www.newandimprov.com improv@peak.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------