Re: recording methods - what's your approach?

[looppool@cruzio.com]

Honestly, Christo,

I see what you say, but at the same time,
I have a lot of confidence in the depth of my own personal improvisations.
I've worked all of my life in many, many different contexts to be able to
produce really
deep and meaningful improvisations in many differnent kinds of contexts
(which is not to say
that I can hit a 'homerun' with every artistic endeavor).

It can produce crap, but , at the same time,  it can also produce really
beautiful
pieces of music because of it's spontaneity.

It's all down to how good an intrinsic composer and an intrinsic producer
each artist is
.....and, finally, down to what kind of discernment a person has when
editing (or producing
oneself).

I would advise:   take a chance on oneself and edit out what sucks and let
exist what is
potent and powerful.

To be overcautious can frequently kill what might be the next thing that
could possibly change the world (or morph it slightly).

It takes courage to make changes in live and in music.

If we are over cautious continually, then the status quo in art will
always exist.
We must, if you ask me , personally, take risks in artistry. If we don't ,
nothing will change for the better.

yours,

respectfully,   Rick Walker



> The problem with recording an album by using material from looping jam
> sessions is that it might
> be spontaneous fresh sounding music, but it lacks from (complex) composed
> tracks and good sounding.
> We will be overwhelmed with  so many music in our times, cause everyone
> thinks: Oh, I just
> sit down, take my guitar and looping device, turn on the laptop and 
>record
> some tunes and
> release it on CD, put it on the internet for download or just on myspace 
>-
> player
> I personally record nearly every private looping session too. But donīt
> think I must have everyone
> in the whole wide world listen to every piece of crap...
> Christo