Re: 3 points - live vs's recorded, looping origin, and looping asgenre

[Geoff Smith <geoff.smith15@btopenworld.com>]

Agreed.
Live-Looping compared to simply looping audio is as different as 
composition
and improvisation.
And in a way defines why it sounds the way it does.
Geoff

on 28/5/03 7:34 pm, Matthias Grob at matthias@grob.org wrote:

>> 
>> 1) Live looping and recorded looping are (only) as different as live vs.
>> recorded music.
>> Potentially definitions of looping need to deal, and possibly 
>distinguish
>> between looping in live and recorded situations.  Today, recording
>> technology allows for musical elements to become repeated literally 
>with cut
>> and paste simplicity.  It's valid, it's cool.  I love it.  Isn't it 
>looping
>> too?  And if so, maybe it's good enough to just distinguish between
>> "realtime" looping and "recorded" loops.   My points 2 & 3 partially
>> explains why.
> 
> When I read this I get the impression that the difference is similar
> to studio vs live act/recording of a band, where the live version
> usually is a little less elaborated but in change has more of a
> spontaneous punch.
> 
> But what we should bring over to the public is the different feel of
> live looping which has been often discribed here with "freedom" and
> "flowing" and such. Its a different way to search for inspiration and
> I find important that the public has a chance to observe it
> happening, even on recordings (unless they are heavily
> edited/overdubbed or totally composed)
> 
> Also, "recorded looping" is not used as a label and it may not make
> sense to create it here...