Re: Naming what we do...

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

I agree with Andre.  This was what I was trying to say with my FuzzBox /
wah-wah music post.  Perhaps he's more successful / gentle than I am.  :-)

I feel defining the actual stylistic musical qualities output from a
technique (looping) requiring specific tools to accomplish would be about 
as
informative as defining the musical output of a guitar player who actively
uses "hammer-off's" in his/her playing.

David
Player of music that sometimes uses both hammer-on's and hammer-offs
occasionally also with a FuzzBox but (so far) without a wah-wah.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andre Cholmondeley" <projectobject@earthlink.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:16 AM
Subject: Naming what we do...


> Hey folks
>
> >>I would be interested in knowing if a group of
> >>individuals consciously sat down and thought about
> >>naming music as "Jazz" "Rock n Roll" "Salsa" "Blues"
> >>etc.or was it perhaps just a popular term which
> >>eventually spread out?
>
>
> But see -- ALL of those musics can be done with 'looping' . I feel that
it's
> not so much a 'form' or 'category' of music as it is a 'technique' or
> 'method' that can, and seemingly has been - applied to ANY type of music.
>
> BTW - I am in Newport RI right now having a great time on a small tour
with
> one of the masters of electronic/experimental music - Don Preston. I'll
> point ya to the tour diary when it exists - a highlight so far was the
> Boston gig and the earlier Berklee seminar by Don - fantastic!! Berklee 
>VP
> and old buddy of Don's Gary Burton showed up at the end - that was tres
> cool...Remaining dates are below.
>
>
> What do we call the music?? Electronic/experimental/musque concrete and
free
> jazz..... With loads of looping.
>
> -peace - andre' (east coast)
> BTW - how funny is it that BOTH andre's have performed with DON PRESTON.
> What's going on here???!!! is this some kind of loop??
>
> Don Preston Akashic Ensemble APRIL 2004
> Electronics, brass , percussion, samples, weirdness, poems:
>
> Don Preston - Moog Voyager Analog synth, sampler, etc -
> Andre' Cholmondeley - guitar, filters, loops, samples etc
> Cheri Jiosne- drums, electronics, percussion, loops synth etc
> Elliott Levin -saxes, flute, poetry
> Dave Ballou - trumpet/FX  (ON APR 4, 14 only!)
>
> Sun Apr 11 Colony Cafe'  Woodstock NY -Akashic+ Preston Trio*
> Wed Apr 14 The Saint 601 Main St Asbury Park NJ
>
> *TRIO-- Don Preston/piano, Ken Filiano/ac. bass, Gregg Bendian/drums
>