Re: Okay, let's get philosophical: Performance Theory time

[improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel)]

>Love your message Dave ... tell me more what the bassist is doing with the
>Jamman ... my bassist is hot on moving into the looping thing ...
>
>paul

Well, I'm the bssist. I use the JAmman for mostly looping noise/textures,
which I can fade in and out with a volume pedal. It hasn't worked very well
for looping grooves or bass lines to solo over, because without really
great monitoring, virtually non-existant in the alt-rock clubs and
galleries we play, our drummer can't stay in sync with the loops. Also, the
jammAN seems to lose some of the low frequencies I feed it. But if your
bassist is into doing stuff beyond conventional bass playing, a looper is
great. It really fills up a trio texture.

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