RE: Looping percussionists

[Louie Angulo <laab2000us@yahoo.com>]

Hi Jim,
Great to hear somebody is into afrocuban grooves!
Apart from being a guitarist i am a latin conga
player.Cuban music is great to loop because it has a
thing called "montuno" which keeps repeating over and
over in a call and response way.This is a very
important african element in cuban music because it is
through this hipnotic repetition that the people
dancing start going nuts!
I did a mix of an original song of mine with Acid you
can check it out at my website under projects is
called "por ti ya no"
here:
http://www.labalou.com/projects1.htm
cheers
L.a





--- Jim Palmer <jimp@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> i loop congas, but i am not very good at it yet.
> i'm mainly a guitarist...
> 
> >... free from the rigours of melody 
> > and harmony (LOL what a load of pretentious crap
> :)
> 
> yeah, those tonal elitists!
> first against the wall.
> wait til you meet some microtonal types...
> 
> >... In my 
> > own practises I've found it relatively easy to
> build up a big 
> > samba or other parts-based piece, 
> >...
> 
> this is like how i tend to loop congas.
> mostly i have been learning afrocuban beats and it
> is
> great practice to play each part into the repeater
> (or acid on pc)
> then drop one out and work that part...
> 
> i have yet to perform on congas, since just getting
> the strokes
> right has taken more than a year (and still working)
> 
> >I've also enjoyed messing 
> > around with voice and just whatever instruments or
> noises I 
> > have to hand.  I haven't really heard any
> percussionists' 
> > takes on this so I'm interested to hear what
> approach anyone 
> > else is taking, I'm happy to share from my brief
> experiences 
> > to date if that is any use.
> 
> yes, please.
> 
> 


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www.labalou.com

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