Re: looping techniques (was Re:Beyond Fripp)

[kflint@annihilist.com (Kim Flint)]

>>Think about this: When a musician first learns how to play a G major 
>scale,
>>do they immediately unleash a torrent of hip altered-G post-bob lines?
>
>Is that post-bob as in post- Bob Fripp?

After 3am, I start developing verticle pyslexia...

>
>> Those weren't the folks who brought us the electric guitar lexicon we 
>have
>> today!
>
>Well I have a guitar lexicon.  I thought you used an Oberheim.
>
>(Sorry, couldn't resist.  It's Christmas)

ho,ho,ho.....;-)

>
>BTW one way of changing the structure - of possibly the precieved tempo -
>is to loop your chords but not your bassline (I guess most people do it 
>the
>other way around).  By changing the phrasing of the bassline you can
>achieve dramatic shifts without changing loop length or anything.  I 
>picked
>up on this when Glass' "Spaceship" from Einstein on the Beach was played 
>on
>the radio.  The piece builds in intensity without ever adding more
>instruments, just by varying the organ part beneath a "looped" choral 
>part.
> Very impressive.
>
>Michael

That's a cool idea. When I think about it, jazz players do that all the
time. Have to give it a try, thanks...

kim

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