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*EXACTLY* This decribes me perfectly. Used to loop with a RDS8000 with a band a little. Drummer quit to join a pop/country band. Bought a sequencer a month later. Bought a JamMan a few weeks after that. I've never been happier or more productive musically. Marklar Greg House wrote: > > I think what it boils down to is this: Looping doesn't seem > > interesting to most musicians when explained or experienced. > > You've really just got to do it to love it. I could be wrong. > > I think this is true. This is why the addition of simple loop > functionality into devices like the DL4 will probably help the cause. > You buy it 'cause it's a great delay...you wind up loving looping and > may eventually want a more advanced tool for that. > > I think there's a slant on this which many musicians may not have > considered. I've encountered a huge number of musicians who are > disgusted with the "band scene", but still love making music. The late > hours, scheduling hassles, politics and personality conflicts, and all > that wear a lot of people out. A lot of them turn to home recording, > but that restricts your ability to improvise over a changing > background, and doesn't usually allow you to play out (unless you play > to backing tracks, which both restricts you to set arrangements and > generally relegates you to "cheezy" status). A looper is a tool which > enables you to extend yourself to fill more of the sonic palette, to > improvise without a band. I think that's a market that should be ripe. > > I know this is a motivation for me. My schedule doesn't allow for much > "band work", and frankly, I'm sick of the endless unproductive > rehearsals to earn that one scanty gig somewhere...before the whole > project fizzles when the vocalist or drummer or whatever quits. Then > the endless auditions and rehearsals start all over again. My playing > style isn't one that really works for solo performances. Perhaps that > reflects on my poor musicianship, which I'm trying to improve, but in > the mean time I either have to play with a group or...I can play along > with myself using a looper. This allows me to do musically satisfying > work 1) when I want, 2) without depending on others. I think this would > appeal to many "cottage musicians" (someone described this before as > "dentist musicians" when talking about who can afford expensive > guitars). It's a good market, one which I haven't seen any marketing > done to for loopers. There's considerable marketing done this > direction for home studio equipment, perhaps this is something that > would help? > > The idea that this is something that only "stage musicians" might use > probably holds people back. If they see the possibilities for what you > can do with one of these tools as part of your own music done for > personal satisfaction, I think they might sell better. But I think the > bottom line is that most musicians just don't understand the > possibilities. I wanted a Jamman a few years back, but didn't really > understand that it did more then a delay with an "infinite hold" button > like my old RDS3600. > > Greg > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com