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Hello All,
I can't remember how I found you folks. It
might have been a link off n-tracks site. I'm no looper, but I've been
playing jazz guitar in Canada for about 30 odd years (sic.) - mostly standards
and the dreaded bread and butter gigs.
I recently heard Michael Ochipinti, a Toronto
guitarist with his quartet. Both he and his bassist Andrew Downing were
creating loops on the fly and over dubbing on them. It was all done with great
sensitivity -especially Downing who played probably the best bowed bass
I've ever heard in a jazz club-- and it really captured my imagination --(though
I could have done without the wangy arm distortion feedback thing between the
looped bits).
So now I guess I'm hooked but I'm not to sure where
to start. I didn't get a chance to see what Michael's mess of pedals
really consisted of.
I was talking to the local music store about the
Line 6 Delay Modeller. Is that a sensible starting point for a guy on a
budget?
I've already got a Teac A-3440, DBX 1066
Compressor, an old Yamaha SPX90 (noisy!), a small Mackie board, and n-tracks,
but for now I'm thinking of something small and cheap that I can use on regular
gigs while I experiment.
Also can somebody define the term looping for me -
as you use it. I'm just wondering where looping ends and something else
begins. Does that make sense?
Thanks.
PS. What a ton of mail! But it's fun,
and I thank you for that too.
ks
Keith Smith
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