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Re: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube





Love it, I knew I could get a controvesy going here if I used words like 
"arguably one of the best .."

Anyway, his approach lends to that showboat feel, since it's all purposely 
goofy and kinda fluffy ... so I can definetely agree with you one that ... 
he's hard to take seriously ....... however .... one man band style ... 
love 
it.  After all .... I haven't seen very many bands making good use of 
looping.  Seems to me that most of us are interested in how much noise one 
person can make.

Personally, I find that there is a lot of very ambient loop music out 
there 
... while it's all well and good, and certainly has its place ... ambient, 
sort of jazzy (good or bad jazzy .. either way) ... experimental music 
seems 
to be the default for most live loop musicians.  I simply enjoy seeing 
someon do something that is not that.

If nothing else, Keller does well to exploit a loop pedal in a different 
way 
...as does Vicotor Wooten, John Scofield, Kaki King, and many of the 
people 
on this list.




>From: Jeff Kaiser <loopersdelight@pfmentum.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube
>Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:59:10 -0800
>
>d00d. I'm with you. I've got your back.
>
>Jeff Kaiser
>http://www.JeffKaiser.com
>pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com
>
>On Nov 25, 2006, at 6:44 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote:
>
>>Okay, I'll throw my cynical two cents out there...  :-)
>>
>>I think we've talked about Keller before, plus many other guys doing 
>this 
>>sort of thing. I can't speak for anyone else, and this is only my own 
>>feeling on the topic, but I'm not that fond of most the 
>>multi-instrumentalist, one-man-band loopers.  He's a great technical 
>>player, obviously, but to me the highlight isn't the looping, but his 
>>showmanship and multi-instrumentalist ability.  I think it's a great 
>thing 
>>for the general public, who still finds this one-man approach 
>>intriguing....the public always has flocked to this sort of 
>>performance...I still see one-man bands at festivals and carnivals with 
>>their crazy contraptions on their backs, ropes and pulleys attached to 
>>cymbals, violins, bass drums, etc, etc....the crowd just eats it up.   
>But 
>>the overall output, if I ignore the fact that he's doing it by himself, 
>>just focusing on the music, doesn't inspire me much. I'm not trying to 
>be 
>>a scrooge or anything so close to the holidays...it's just not my cup of 
>>tea artistically.  I think folks would go bonkers over guys  like this 
>at 
>>Vegas.
>>
>>Kris
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "aaron leese" <aaronleese@hotmail.com>
>>>on another note .... I am suprised I never hear anyone hear mention 
>>>Keller Williams .... arguably one of the best loop musicians out there 
>>>.....
>>>
>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofmV7LrhpA&mode=related&search=
>>>
>>>this is part two of "juggler" ... you can see him build the initial 
>loop 
>>>in part one ...
>>>
>>>just wondering if anyone else has seen this guy ??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: "Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com>
>>>>Reply-To: "Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com>
>>>>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube
>>>>Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:48:51 +0100
>>>>
>>>>completely un-loop-oriented, but if you want to check out the ewi,
>>>>you might be interested also in the following little vid of michael 
>>>>brecker:
>>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Ex1sC4xMc
>>>>(as far as i know, he uses the boomerang for looping)
>>>>
>>>>all the best, tilmann
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
>>>>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:30 PM
>>>>Subject: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Hi guys,
>>>> >
>>>> > I just noticed there is a video clip of Jeff Kashiwa live-looping on
>>>> > a Lexicon Jamman (?) with an EWI 4000s:
>>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUtdP3jQKUA
>>>> >
>>>> > It's not very spectacular music style-wise, pretty traditional
>>>> > Weather Report influenced fusion jazz, but Jeff is such a good 
>player
>>>> > and this is a great chance to see this new model of the EWI 
>(Electric
>>>> > Wind Controller) that has good built-in synth sounds. In this video
>>>> > you can see how Jeff plays deep bass lines and high pitched "soprano
>>>> > sax" melodies almost at the same time by using the same synth patch,
>>>> > only jumping up and down in octave while overdubbing into the 
>jamman.
>>>> > The new EWI also has good "synth-like" performing options like
>>>> > portamento and breath controlled attack- or filter cutoff envelopes
>>>> > which you don't see demonstrated in this video.
>>>> >
>>>> > Myself I was incredibly lucky to pick up an EWI 4000s for a very
>>>> > friendly price in San Jose and since I got back and started playing
>>>> > it I think I have never used my pitch-down-octave patches at all!
>>>> > It's so cool to loop with an instrument that covers over eight
>>>> > octaves. Earlier this year I was very interested in getting a 
>Chapman
>>>> > Stick to loop with, for the huge octave span, but my EWI has
>>>> > completely seduced me to forget about that Stick Crush ;-)
>>>> >
>>>> > Greetings from Sweden
>>>> >
>>>> > Per Boysen
>>>> > www.boysen.se (Swedish)
>>>> > www.looproom.com (international)
>>>> > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
>>>> > http://www.myspace.com/looproom
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>

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