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--- ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote: > That is precisely what is so compelling about folks who are truly > "great" at their art/craft -- as it is often said, "They make it > look so damn easy." Alas, that apparent "ease" is not achieved > without a lot of hard work and preparation -- unless you are one > of those rare, benighted souls born with a superfluity of natural > talent. For the rest of us though, it is a long, hard slog . . . While it's nice if your playing is effortless, but along the lines of the other thread I was just writing on, it can make for a more interesting performance if your looping appears LESS effortless. If it looks like you're working doing the music, I think people will understand what's going on easier. Stewart said many people think he's playing to backing tracks. That's obviously a statement that says his looping technique is very seamless and effortless. But perhaps it would be more apparent to his audience what was actually happening if he could incorporate a more visual element into the creating of the loop. I'm not sure how you'd do that with what you do. Some music lends itself to a more visual performance. For example, Rick Walker's. It may not be obvious to an audience member HOW Rick makes the sounds keep going, but it is abundantly clear that he's working his butt off on the stage creating those facinating sounds and you can hear how things change when he (for example) leans over and twists the knob on his pitch shifter to play a harmony from a looping whistle sound. This makes for a provocative performance. The other side of the coin is that if you're totally seamless, making the tech stuff invisible, that it could be considered more musically pure. I don't know that I adhere to that particular point of view, but I've heard people state it before. And for someone who can pick up on the fact that you are playing all those parts yourself and manipulating your loopers and other efx at the same time, it can be incredibly impressive. But...who are you trying to impress? Your fellow musicians who can't do what you do? Or the general man off the street who just wants to enjoy a performance? Greg __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2