Re: Does someone know the answer to this??

[Doug Cox <dougcox@pdq.net>]

David - are you in Pearland?  I'm in SW Houston.  Contact me offlist and 
maybe we can get together and jam sometime!

Doug

David Kirkdorffer wrote:

>I have one track I play live sometimes called "Goodbye" in which I start 
>out
>recording the solo and overtrack a few of those, and then add in the 
>rythme
>and bass parts afterwards.  Forces me to count out the solo,  and pray 
>that
>I don't slip up 'cos timing is everything.
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Warren Sirota" <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>
>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:40 PM
>Subject: RE: Re: Does someone know the answer to this??
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>>>If you play solo, as I do,
>>>it would seem to be somewhat bland to the audience if all you were
>>>playing was the rhythm back-up the first time through. This has puzzled
>>>me since I started using my Echoplex a few months ago. Thank you for
>>>your consideration and best wishes in your musical endeavors.
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>>>David
>>>Pearland, Texas
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>>This is, to me, "the unanswerable question of live looping," if you're
>>trying to play conventionally-structured songs. I knew one guitar/bass 
>duo
>>where the bass player would play the melodies during the 1st cycle 
>through
>>the tune while the guitarist recorded a chord loop, then the bass player
>>would revert to normal bass parts and the guitarist solo over bass and
>>chords. Or else you could just play over pre-recorded backing tracks - 
>not
>>to everyone's taste, but it is a possibility (in which case, maybe you
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>>even need a live looper - a CD with your backing tracks could do as 
>well).
>>Or else, you could change what you're trying to play to cater more to the
>>looper's strengths...
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>>Best wishes,
>>Warren Sirota
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