RE: loops for dance music & album rec for ALL loopers

["Paul Weissman" <paul@nioterra.com>]

> extremely danceable beats, synth lines, etc, happen... :) I have
> considered
> working on creating sets that are completely dance oriented, and looking
> for gigs doing what you are talking about, but, I've not gone there 
>yet...

i'm doing those kinds of gigs now.  i keep a beat going throughout the 
whole
set and mix from song to song.  pretty challenging right now... but i'm
hoping it gets easier as i go along and as i get more practice.  still, it
has the potential to make a much more varied and interesting set.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Roberts [mailto:cpr@musetrap.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:17 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: loops for dance music & album rec for ALL loopers
>
>
> Paul,
>
>  In that case, I play some of both 1 and 2.. hehe... I mean, my focus in
> 'dynamics', so, in general, my set might not work for the
> catagory you were
> asking about, in that I may very well go from a techno-ish beat into some
> totally spaced out ambient feel... But, in the breadth of what I am 
>doing,
> extremely danceable beats, synth lines, etc, happen... :) I have
> considered
> working on creating sets that are completely dance oriented, and looking
> for gigs doing what you are talking about, but, I've not gone there 
>yet...
>
> -cpr
>
> >-- Original Message --
> >From: "Paul Weissman" <paul@nioterra.com>
> >To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> >Subject: RE: loops for dance music & album rec for ALL loopers
> >Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:04:43 -0700
> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >
> >
> >
> >well, there's two ways of looking at it, as far as i can tell... the
> >structured vs unstructed.
> >
> >dance music is either:
> >
> >- anything anyone can dance to, even a little
> >
> >OR
> >
> >- a large industry made up of highly specific genres, mostly using rigid
> >or
> >programmed beats.
> >house, trance, techno, jungle, breakbeat - with all the myriad
> of subgenres
> >therein
> >AND
> >hip-hop, dancehall
> >
> >
> >of course this is most likely an endlessly debatable topic... which 
>isn't
> >really the point, but is definitely worth defining briefly in order to
> have
> >the discussion in the first place.
> >
> >i was personally mostly interested in those people working in the SECOND
> >category.  people who feel comfortable performing in between dj sets, or
> >at
> >an event where people are expecting to dance to your set (club,
> rave, house
> >party, festival, etc.)
> >
> >but hell, it's all interesting!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Chris Roberts [mailto:cpr@musetrap.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:36 PM
> >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >> Subject: RE: loops for dance music & album rec for ALL loopers
> >>
> >>
> >> if I may be so bold, what is 'dance' music? anything with a beat?
> >> or something
> >> more specific... :)
> >>
> >> -cpr
> >>
> >> >-- Original Message --
> >> >From: "Paul Weissman" <paul@nioterra.com>
> >> >To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> >> >Subject: loops for dance music & album rec for ALL loopers
> >> >Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:27:06 -0700
> >> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >ok, i'm gonna bite... how many people on the list use their looping
> tools
> >> >to
> >> >make dance music?
> >> >
> >> >and while i'm talking about dance music, i seriously consider richie
> >> >hawtin's latest album release 'DE9: Closer To The Edit' to be
> a wonderful
> >> >example of how looping can be used creatively.  he takes a whole 
>stack
> >> of
> >> >techno records, edits them down to small loops and recombines
> them into
> >> a
> >> >mix that moves so quickly from song to song, you hardly get a chance
> to
> >> >notice where loops start and stop.  definitely minimal, definitely
> >> >listenable, definitely cool.  check it out.
> >> >
> >> >richie was (don't know about now) a heavy repeater user.
> >> >
> >> >paul
> >> >
> >> >
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> >>
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