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Hi Michael, Congrats on the magazine scoop. Here's a clip of Jaco doing his thing. An incredible innovator for his time. Definitely pushed the boundaries of what bass was supposed to sound like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvSOquDOfVo Andre http://islandfunk.com On Sat, May 28, 2011 7:09 am, Michael Peters wrote: > hi all, > > The largest German guitar magazine (Gitarre und Bass) has expressed > interest > that I write something for them about livelooping. They have never >written > anything about it so far and they realize that the topic has become > interesting enough for many guitarists to be presented in the magazine. > > I won't be able to start writing until mid-July because I'm busy with > other > things now. Because it is such a complex subject, it looks like it might > turn into a series of articles rather than just one. I haven't really > started to think about the specifics but they want me to send them a >rough > outline. > > I think it would make sense to write about > > 1) what livelooping is - a general introduction and overview, including a > paragraph about the difference between livelooping and using prerecorded > loops; this introduction would already contain some of what the later > articles would look at in more detail, such as a bit of history, > guitarists > and other musicians who use livelooping, different styles and approaches, > and a look at the technology; > > 2) the history of livelooping in some detail (something I already wrote > about 15 years ago - the article is still online at Looper's Delight); > > 3) livelooping styles, approaches and strategies and musical > possibilities, > with examples of livelooping musicians, ideally guitarists, ideally world > famous guitarists, including a discography + list of online resources; > > 4) something about the technology, hardware/software (enough material for > at > least two articles), maybe including a comparison chart of the tools that > are currently available; > > 5) I could also imagine articles about how to play rock tunes with > livelooping (something that has recently been discussed here), complete > with > scores, step-by-step-how-tos, and all. That would be something I would > possibly leave to one of you (with credits etc. of course) because some >of > you are real specialists on this, and I am not. Please contact me offline > if > you feel you could do that well. Too bad that the magazine doesn't allow > for included videos, but I could at least point to them - such as the > truly > glorious cover versions that Randolf Arriola did recently. Randolf do you > feel you could analyze them and write about them? > > So again, I'd be grateful for any suggestions (structure/topics). > > There are a gazillion livelooping guitarists but at the moment I really > wonder which of them are famous enough to be known to the majority of > magazine readers (apart from Robert Fripp of course, who would certainly > be > the #1 example, if you like him or not). Of course there is a lot that I > could write about us, the crowd of incredibly talented Looper's Delight > guitarists, and I hope there will be room for that ... but I feel it >would > be good to introduce the topic in a way that would make it seem not too > esoteric and more mainstream (as the magazine is a mainstream guitar > magazine), like the next big thing, or at least like something that many > guitarists do already, guitarists that the readers can easily identify > with. > I don't know any world famous guitarists, other than Fripp, employing > livelooping in an extensive way (please correct me), but many of them > might > employ livelooping techniques here and there - I'd be grateful for > concrete > examples, such as the Jaco Pastorius solo with Weatherreport, or was it > Joni > Mitchell, where he used a delay pedal to create a rhythmical backdrop. > > -Michael Peters > > http://islandfunk.com http://www.andredonawa.com http://www.youtube.com/user/AndreDonawa