Re: Academic/musicological research on looping technique?

[Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>]

In a previous thread on Fripp & Eno, someone posted a link to Geoff
Smith's paper on "The History of Live Looping Music." Might be
something of interest there:

http://livelooping.org/researchpaper/

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:43 AM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> People have done analysis of a couple of my pieces,
> (the particular features of the looping gear I use
> strongly influence the compositional structure in an unusual way)
> ...is that the sort of thing you're after?
> Not sure which of the  academic targets they were aiming for.
>
> andy butler
> www.andybutler.com
>
>
> patrick dunn wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone - I'm doing a masters paper on various aspects of digital
>> looping used in live performance. I'm particularly interested in the 
>musical
>> structures that result during live performance, the compositional 
>process,
>> styles used etc. Although there's quite a bit written about this on the 
>web,
>> I can find very little in the way of research papers from academic
>> institutions, journals etc.
>>  Does anyone know of anything? Or maybe other masters papers,
>> dissertations etc. I'm not particularly looking at technology issues, 
>except
>> where they affect what results during the performance.
>>  Thanks!
>>  Patrick
>
>



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