Re: the impermanence of looping

[Per Boysen <per@boysen.se>]

On Jan 25, 2005, at 1:49, Dennis Montgomery wrote:

> Hi all,
> I just started looping with the arrival of my EDP+ about a month ago 
> and I try to create a new sound collage/loop every day.  Spending some 
> time every day working on music has been my routine for quite awhile.  
> My primary musical activity of the past 20+ years has been to write 
> and record "songs".  This is a very goal oriented activity which looks 
> toward the end result being a CD of my music.  The hardest aspect of 
> this mode of work is that I work out a part and once it's recorded, I 
> have no real reason to play it again.  It's like saying goodbye to a 
> great new friend as soon as you capture a representative recording of 
> it.
>
> Anyway, since I started looping I've made it a point to not record 
> anything.  This is very exciting and unfamiliar ground for me.  There 
> have been some pieces that I turn the feedback knob back as I sit 
> debating whether to let the creation fade into the ether or hit a 
> record button somewhere fast!  So far, I just let them all fade away.  
> It definitely forces me to focus on my music very differently than I 
> did before...the point being the present moment rather than the future 
> finished piece.  I come to looping from a Fripp/Eno place and am 
> familiar with Fripp's perspectives of music and musicians.  I just 
> never thought I'd find it this much fun to do myself!
>
> I'm not really as much of a serious nutcase as this sounds (hmmm...or 
> am I???), but it's trippy to me that deciding to try realtime looping 
> has opened this whole philosophical area for exploration that I never 
> really tried before.
> Dennis


Dennis,

That was a very inspiring post! I'm thinking and feeling the same way.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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