Re: Akai Heardush, (band looping, sit or stand, etc.)

["Bill Fox" <billfox@fast.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Ray Lucas" <jlucas@neoprimitive.net>
> I find it easier to hit time sensitive buttons when I am standing.  If 
>the
> music is groovy then I am bouncing along with it, and the button presses 
>are
> just an extension of that bounce.

Exactly!  Here's my take:  If you start moving your foot to press a pedal's
button on a beat, you're already too late.  If your foot is in motion 
before the
beat and you're aiming to hit the floor beneath the pedal when the beat 
arrives,
your button press will be much more accurate.  The drummer must have 
excellent
monitoring of the looping device(s) and be willing to follow it's tempo 
instead
of lead.  (The drummer's fills are still required to lead the band through 
a
song's changes.  But that's not a tempo issue.)

Cheers,

Bill
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