Re: Newbie Alert!

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I don't think there's been a better time for looping, so welcome.  There's 
no
"ABCs of looping" but you'd probably do yourself a favor by going through 
the
Loopers Delight "Tools" page.  This might help you make a choice.  Try and 
go to a
local shop where you might be able to spend some time with a few loopers.  
I
always think that reading about looping (or any musical activity) is like 
reading
about swimming, you can read forever, but it's not like jumping in the 
water for a
bit.  If you keep referencing the book after each "dip" it will all 
probably start
making sense, and you'll want the best most expensive looper out there.  
Good luck
and have fun.

Mark Sottilaro

Karl Sangree wrote:

> Last weekend, I was a participant in one of the most moving musical
> experiences in my life.  I was at a didgeridoo gathering in Maryland and
> heard a performance by Tom Heasley, from Palo Alto, CA.
> http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=83
>
> He played his tuba through a series of equipment like the Lexicon MPX1, 
>T.C.
> Electronics D-TWO digital-delay and a Line 6 DL4.  I want to try 
>something
> like this with my digeridoos, and found the Looper’s Delight web site in 
>my
> search for info.  I want to do slow, meditative, type of looping.
>
> I have two newbie questions that have, most likely, been discussed ad
> infinitum/ad nauseam, on this forum, but I am so new I don’t know what to
> search for, so hear goes;
>
> 1.      Is there a quintessential piece of entry-level looping equipment?
> 2.      Is there a book titled “So, You Want to Get Into Looping?” or 
>something
> like that.
>
> I would appreciate any help you guys could give me.
>
> Thanks,
> Karl
>
> "We are the music makers, and
>  we are the dreamers of dreams"
>                              Willy Wonka