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Very well put. Musicians who are also composers usually care more about their compositions and the overall sound and feeling of a recording than the techniques they used or the technical virtousity that went into it. He is adventurous and does go out on a limb with his loops sometimes, and usually pulls it off. All the ery best! Terry --- Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- mark <sine@zerocrossing.net> wrote: > > I cut my looping teeth on a JamMan which had no > >undo, and now that I've gone Repeater, I must admit > I > >don't use it too much. I'm not perfect, I > > just forget I have it. > > It's funny; Terry states that the reason he likes dt > is because he's such a good guitarist. Now the only > person I've ever heard who has said they *don't* > necessarily consider dt all that great of a > guitarist > is dt himself (as an 'aw shucks' in the context of > seeing his role in things more as a > texturalist/composer/overall visionary than a > conventional instrumentalist), and *I'm* certainly > not > about to criticize the man's playing. > > However, there is something about Torn's playing > that > appeals to me even more than his chops, and that's > his > adventurousness, even when it means a 'mistake' > happens. He is utterly unafraid of going out on > musical limbs, even when they break once in a while. > When watching some players hit a 'bum' note and then > grimace, scowl, wince or otherwise express dismay, > I'm > reminded of the way dt (on a few videotaped > performances I've seen) in such a situation often > looks like the offending note is a source of mild > amusement, like, 'Ooh, where'd that stinky one come > from?'. > > But THEN, rather than stomping on UNDO, he'll often > work the glitch into the fabric of the improv, so > after a few repetitions he's built up some > surroundings for it that make it sound like he meant > to do it all along. THAT to me is essential live > looping, thinking on one's feet and working with > what > happens. > > -t- > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com