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Looper's Delight
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AB is the answer to the question for me. why we loop? i saw Adrian w/ the EH 16sec. delay/looper back in the eighties-HAD to get one-and i was off... then i read how David Torn lobbied David Byrne to replace Adrian in Talking Heads...didnt happen but...he had one of the 1st if not the 1st Lexicon PCM 42s modded by Gary Hall(later by Bob Sellon)-Had to get one... never looked back :-) AdrianBelew can do no wrong in my book. i've heard sounds by him on record and live that will never be created again-i think thats why he's always grinning on stage-its like..."it might happen tonite". s > Saw Adrian Belew Friday night at Slim's in SF. Other > than the too loud and crowded aspects of the show (as > noted in the last email), Adrian was great... mostly. > His playing always seems a little more sloppy live, > but that can be expected as he's got such a magnetic > stage presence it's just fun to watch him. He always > seems like he's having a great time on stage and > enjoying his guitar antics as much as the audience is, > but not in a full of himself way. > > He was part of a 3 piece band that included a bass > player and drummer. For several parts of the show he > looped a phrase and soloed over it. As an audience > member I thought those moments were by far the weakest > of the show. The non evolving looping riff (Elephant > Talk and Frame By Frame come to mind) with the band > backing his solos... just seemed kind of canned. > Franky I'd rather he just left it out and let the > highly capable bass player and drummer keep it going > while he went off. > > So that's my take on things, your milage may vary. > I'd just rather see looping as a feature, not a patch > for lack of band members. > > Mark > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ >