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Hey Mark! Although i still sometimes ask myself why i do it there is still something very appealing about playing live to me.Perhaps the strange experiences of audiences behavior.This is why i think there is no point of taking ones self too seriously.Last saturday i had a looping gig with a non looper sax player friend of mine at a beautiful old mansion where an art expo took place.We played in one of the rooms where they setup some chairs right in front of us.It was really funny because people where chilling out watching the paintings all around talking drinking wine and when we started playing without saying anything everybody rushed to sit down and get a seat.So my friend felt obligated to say something to the audience about what we were doing.But since he is not a looper,he just introduced me and le me do the explanation,so without going to much into detail i just did a demonstration even looping my friend without him knowing and he was just as thrilled as the audience and i was having a blast observing him and the audience ;-)) But the funny thing is that after they applauded enthusiastically to our demonstration,suddently they all got up together like a flock of seagulls and splitted right away to the bar! after that we had the most fun because we felt liberated and started to play really strange stuff and just having a laugh and i had a blast just watching my friends face reacting to the echoes of his sax plugged to a DL4 and being looped and not having any control over it.Yes,getting paid for having fun! (well until you have to tear down your gear and carry it back 3 floors down) --- mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > I used to be pure pop music (though kind of on the > experimental side influenced by people like The > Beatles, XTC, Pink Floyd and Radiohead) and while I > found that works in a live situation, I often find > my > looping doesn't... usually. To the LD members, it > does. (I think) but I think we're a different animal > here. > > Truth is, I got tired of performing pop songs live. > Most people really want to hear music they know and > that sure isn't my original music. I've decided > that > my loop performances really aren't for live > performance in front of an audience either... even > though they are pure live performance in a sense. > I'm > performing the composing and the music at the same > time. Wee! Improvising is the best! > > So while I hope to get my shit together and start > playing out from time to time, I find I don't really > crave it much. Usually I can't hear myself well, > feel > like I'm disconnected from the audience because of a > mountain of gear... ect. Seems a million times more > fun in my home studio looping with my friend Andy. > HEY ANDY! If you're reading this it's LOOP NIGHT! > > A few times a year I say this and usually get no > responses, but here goes. Anyone in the SF Bay Area > want to come over for some loop'n? Let me know. > > Mark > > > --- David H <the.31st@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A member asked me what the difference is between > my > > home playing and my live > > playing, and the answer warrants a new thread. > > > > Its been my impression that the majority of > members > > on this list play > > "experimental" or "ambient" music. I really enjoy > > and appreciate it, too. > > Sometimes there is nothing better than flipping > > through the list > > listening to mp3s you guys have posted. Even so, > my > > friends sometimes refer > > to these styles as artsy fartsy, over their head, > > weird and/or boring (no > > offense). > > > > I'm also a big fan of standard folk tunes. And > > admittedly, I can't seem to > > outgrow popular song structure. I write songs on > my > > guitar in my rental > > house just like the dude next door, with verses, > > choruses, lyrics, and I use > > chords! ;) My loops are not very complex, I've got > a > > beat, a rhythm guitar, > > some back up vocals, and a few layers here and > > there. I originally started > > looping because I got sick of trying to put a > decent > > band together and > > decided to be the whole band. Now I play popular > > bars and clubs around town, > > and they like to hear "songs" that people can sing > > and dance to. Boy, that > > sentence sure made me seem like a sell out. But > read > > on: > > > > Each song I've written has been composed in a very > > flexible way. I can pick > > up my acoustic and perform without ever plugging > in, > > but I also leave a > > place in every song when I loop it to take it to > > places that are > > experimental or ambient. I have the dynamic of > > performing one song dry, and > > the next looped into outer space. Anyway, so I see > > the music I make as a > > transitional vehicle. From the popular mundane, to > > what I like to think of > > the fine wines of music, the experimental, and > etc. > > You can take people who > > don't listen to ambient music to places they > > wouldn't normally go by > > tricking them into thinking they are listening to > a > > popular song they could > > hear on the radio. I give Budweiser drinkers a sip > > of Merlot, (that's you > > guys). > > > > When I'm playing at home, its more entertaining to > > me, the loops are much > > longer and layers much deeper, effects much more > > dynamic. I'm experimenting. > > But during a performance I tone it down, I sing > > catchy tunes so that they > > like me, and throw in a few weird, noisy, ambient > > phrases to pique their > > interest, and so I have a good time too. > > > > David > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at > www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html