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welcome, steve! we have approx. one flame war every two or three years and though they may be ghastly sometimes they last only for a very short time. so please enjoy the upcoming, easygoing, mostly truly amiable looping-nerdness that this list usually provides. best - tilmann Steve Bingham schrieb: > I have been wondering if perhaps today was not the best day to subscribe > to the list (-: To say that my inbox presented me with a rich tapestry > of postings is to put it mildly..... It did, however, make me > investigate my mail filtering rules! > > Anyway; here I am. > > Hello to Andy, Mike, Per and anyone else on the list who already knows >me. > > To all those who don't; I'm a UK-based classically-trained violinist who > got into looping a few years ago while playing in a group with bassist > Steve Lawson. I currently do quite a lot of looping in my solo gigs, > alongside normal acoustic violin repertoire. > > I started off with a succession of hardware loopers - Boss RC20, > Echoplex, Looperlative - but finally went over to the software side a > couple of years ago. > > My current main gig setup is; 5-string electric violin by Fidelius. > SooperLooper within Logic 8 on a MacBook Pro. Gordius Little Giant > controller. I also use Roland PK5 midi bass pedals. > > My looping at the moment tends to fall into 2 main categories: 1) Stuff > I've arranged or written: This tends to be either arrangements of > classical pieces, cover versions of songs, and the odd original > composition. 2) Stuff other people have written for me: This ranges from > original looping pieces by a variety of composers, to looping > arrangements and covers. > > Given a little more free time (sometime this century I hope!) I'd like > to explore writing more original stuff of my own, and also more > improvisational looping. > > If you're interested enough in any of this to want to find out more, my > website is at www.stevebingham.co.uk, where there are sound clips and > also some live video recordings of some of my looping. > > I look forward to more learning about what you are all doing with your > looping, and less flaming..... (-: > > Best wishes to all, > Steve > > Steve Bingham > www.stevebingham.co.uk > > >