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One reason might be that singer songwriters normally do not buy a looping pedal out of interest for looping but rather for covering up for lacking backing musician and getting a show together. If you are not very interested in looping per se you don't spend time posting to this list. :-) Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.perboysen.com http://www.youtube.com/perboysen On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:55 AM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> > wrote: >> >> >> ...but rock bands looping their recordings secretly in the >> studio...that's >> really dull > > > Of course, because its often used to hide bad-musicianship (theres the > pot > calling the kettle black) but theres till alot of looping in a band > context > that kinda works BECAUSE the loopy-ness of the track is important, Tell > me > that Ministry didnt loop all their rock stuff. > > Nowadays I think of looping on a DAW as not being looping at all, but > "recording". But thats cos I primarily make music solo. I still like it > when > I can hear that the band were playing together, in the same room, all at > once. And that sound is rare nowadays, even if the band IS playing live, > it > often gets so over polished in post, that they maybe could have just > looped > the shit. > > I still maintain that the reason that I love looping is because it sounds > looped, I love the simple guitar 4 bars where theres a little string > scrape > or accidental, that comes around and and around. (but now Im veering back > into the topic of another thread.) > > I think the simple answer as to why pop music is not represented here too > often is simply that pop music is rarely live. SO live looping is kinda > out > of the picture. However Im sure there must be many "pop" musicians buying > loopers now top acheive in live shows, what they put together in the > studio. > But you wont find them there because looping is not at the core of their > work. > > > > -- > Mark Francombe > www.markfrancombe.com > www.ordoabkhao.com > http://vimeo.com/user825094 > http://www.looop.no > twitter @markfrancombe > http://www.flickr.com/photos/24478662@N00/ >