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Re: The Eye is as Quick as The Hand

Maybe someone off camera is  pushing the buttons or else its only a "fake" 
representation of what he is doing for the video?

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Moser" <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:12 AM
Subject: The Eye is as Quick as The Hand


> Hmmm ...okay,. here goes:
>
> Not to take ANYTHING away from David Ford's talent (catchy,
> intelligent, I like it), but ... the video is misleading.
>
> Watch the video VERY closely and follow the sequences that he lays
> down. At no time is there an evident "controller" or "trigger" to
> switch when he goes from the "layers" to singing the verses of the
> song ... what gives?
>
> I can understand having set some kind of threshold trigger for
> recording the parts (the kitchen percussion, etc., the Jamman had that
> a long time back and I know other loopers have the capability, too)
> but there are no "actions" that he makes that would indicate that he
> is switching "on/off" for when he sings the verses. The first of these
> is at 1:41 into the video, right after laying down the first 3
> percussion tracks and the harmonies. At first I thought when he turned
> back to the counter, he was picking up a switch of some kind, but
> after watching closely, you can see that it is a coffee cup which he
> carries with him down the hall and sets on the floor.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Dennis "Maybe I need more caffeine" Moser
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Richard Sales <richard@glasswing.com> 
> wrote:
>> I don't know if you got this guy.  In Wired recently:
>>
>>  http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/video-david-for.html
>>
>>  richard sales
>>  glassWing farm and studio
>>  vancouver island, b.c.
>>  www.glassWing.com     www.richardsales.com
>>  www.hayleysales.com     www.joannesales.com
>>  www.blueberryfieldsfarm.com
>>  www.broombusters.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
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