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It's liberating isn't it? For the last month, I have
been looping with just my clean jazz guitar sound, and my max/msp looper. I have
been concentrating on what I can do with just my instrument without the aid of
tone mangling effects, just the tone of the guitar and the power of the looper
and its features. It occured to me how easy it is (at least for me) to make
decent sounding music with loads of effects as a artistic crutch...a few
lush ambient fripp like patches, some long delays and modulation, granular
synthesis, layers of effects and pitch, etc. After a while, my primary
instrument is overshadowed, the love of my music life that has been
with me for 28 years. I find it much more interesting and challenging to
work with just my guitar tone now, and see what limits I can push, what
boundaries I can leap without the aid of the all so seductive tone
mangling effect crutch. :) We'll see where this
goes....
Kris
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wow, so many good threads at the moment.
I would
totally agree, adding in more loopers, then a handsonic, then a guitar synth,
then loosing two multi fx for six pedals....i only realised yesterday i ha`nt
played a single one of my songs through to completion for litterally two
months,thats just how caught up i am in all the possibilities of all this new
gear (plus i am learning to hand drum which is a whole new
game)
in the end i went out last night with nothing more then my
guitar and DL4 and couldnt had a more fun night...i actually played
songs!!!!!!
Phill MyOneManBand
www.myspace.com/myonemanband
> If we can get used to compartmentalizing those roles
into their
> chosen times, I think we could be much happier overall.
That means
> dedicating scheduled time to building and tweeking all the
bugs out
> of a setup until it works just how it's supposed to. Then
WALK AWAY
> AND LEAVE IT ALONE. Later, come back and work on mastering
making
> good music on that setup. If something goes wrong, make a note
but
> leave it until the next build slot comes up.
>
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