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I agree with Rick here,i have the feeling that loopers
who loop more arrangement song oriented tend to be
looked down and boring by some people on this list.
a non-looper singer songwriter friend of mine said to
me recently he cant stand most of that that nonsense
loop shit,he said whats so brilliant about it my kid
can do it too;-)but he said he admires people who like
Andrew Bird and King crimson who actually make music
and use loops and tech to enhance it.
I guess at the end the song remains the same,whether
looped or not its either music or it isnt...
Luis
--- Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> Per wrote:
> "But musical aspects are obviously not the point
> here, which is sad.
> The way Wired is writing implies that the point is
> to show the world
> how "talented" the person is since he can play
> several instruments for
> only two bars each. How lame."
>
>
> I watched this video closely and it's very apparent
> that it isn't being done
> in real time.
> When the lead vocals come in, the timbre shifts and
> it is suddenly,
> perfectly compressed
> and riding over the top..............at the end,
> when it is panned down
> there are no controllers under his feet.
>
> That being said and done, I completely disagree
> with my dear and respected
> friend Per on his take on this.
>
> I think it is extremely rare to find a musician who
> can not only write one
> bar parts in a song that can continually
> keep layering on without causing any timbral,
> rhythmic or harmonic
> masking...........let alone the fact that this
> guy is a wonderful singer; a fantastic harmony
> singer, a decent drummer,
> percussionist, guitarist, bassist and pianist.
>
> I think his talent is exceptional, despite the fact
> that he is doing very
> simple overdub looping in the original piece
> (whether
> done real time or not, doesn't even matter to me).
>
> Such arrangement skills............such
> understanding of the physics of
> music is just unbelievably rare in my estimation.
>
> He may not be doing anything complex in terms of
> live looping but neither
> did Miro in his set in Y2K6 and I thought his
> performance
> was one of the most effective ones in the entire
> history of the live looping
> festivals that I've been part of.
>
> It's very difficult to layer the 13 some odd loops
> that this guy did and
> still make it work.
>
> You think it's not
> true..........................just try
> it..............try looping 13 layers on a pop song
> and not have it sound
> like utter mush.
> It is, like writing an amazingly catchy pop song
> that worms it's way into
> millions of listeners minds and ears..............a
> kind of
> holy grail to me. Many , many musicians put it
> down, but very few can
> actually accomplish it.
>
> Very, very fucking rare!
>
> I applaud him and can't wait to see him play some
> time...................anyone know how to get him to
> come play the loop
> festivals?
>
> Rick
>
>
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