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Re: why do we loop?



Same here.
I won't perhaps speak of meditation per se, but well as a way to evacuate 
the stress of the day.
Just letting the stress go out via a guitar or a synth brings back calm 
and 
serenity.
It's amazing to see how the first part is usually full of distorsion and 
noise effects while the end is more clean and harmonic.
I'm looping also because I'm lazy and believe in the happy accident, I 
almost never save a preset on a synth or multiFx, I never record my 
experiments (this may change with mobius and the quick save button), I can 
play with the sound coming from the random button on some of my synths 
during several hours.

Looping is also a way to make what I want when I want. It's less stress 
than 
reheasing in a band every day X at time Y. I can do noisy stuff if I want, 
experiment, stop, let the loop run till the next day and start again. 
That's 
freedom.
Then you swith the looper off and it's gone. Looping is like life, past 
actions live on and on, sometime fading, but still giving you a direction 
to 
follow.

Looping is like painting with colors.
The 7 notes of the scale, the 7 colors of the raibow, the 7 chakras, all 
these are linked. Notes are given chakra colors.
This bring us back to the meditation stuff. Speak about looping!

I'm glad this subject came in.

Some day my website (www.the-7-wandering-stars.be.tf) will be ready and I 
could stream or post stuff to an hypothetic audience. But in the meantime 
looping is mainly an egocentric thing.

Sorry if my bad english makes me explaining stuff a bit laborious.

Ben.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Pafford" <calenlas@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: why do we loop?


Looping as meditation describes me as well.  I like to think it's
similar to any contemplative art form.  Take for example chinese
caligrahpy.  Is there an audience?  Does the caligrapher judge the
value of their art by the response of a bar or coffee house crowd?  Of
course not.  Well, neither do I.  Looping (or not, I also play
unlooped classical guitar) exercises my mind and my spirit while
entertaining me.  If others like it, great, but I don't feel a need to
seek an audience.  Over the past couple of years, I've stopped even
recording myself, preferring to let it go as part of the moment,
hoping to find something new the next time I pick up the instrument.

Todd


On 10/5/05, eutropic@mindspring.com <eutropic@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I loop as a form of meditation, although that sounds so pretentious that 
>I 
> now
> regret writing it! Well you know, it is calming, centering, playful. It 
>is
> just what I do.
>
> I have a day gig that keeps me pretty busy, but other than short periods 
> of my
> life, performing was not on my list of needs or wants.
>
> It's been a while since I was active in the looping community, but a new
> Microsoft-free PC has got me reconnected to the list, and I'm planning on
> being in Santa Cruz on Saturday too.
>
> Kamlapati
> www.circleroundthesun.com


        

        
                
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