Re: Re: Does someone know the answer to this??

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

I have one track I play live sometimes called "Goodbye" in which I start 
out
recording the solo and overtrack a few of those, and then add in the rythme
and bass parts afterwards.  Forces me to count out the solo,  and pray that
I don't slip up 'cos timing is everything.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Sirota" <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Does someone know the answer to this??


> >If you play solo, as I do,
> >it would seem to be somewhat bland to the audience if all you were
> >playing was the rhythm back-up the first time through. This has puzzled
> >me since I started using my Echoplex a few months ago. Thank you for
> >your consideration and best wishes in your musical endeavors.
>
> >David
> >Pearland, Texas
>
> This is, to me, "the unanswerable question of live looping," if you're
> trying to play conventionally-structured songs. I knew one guitar/bass 
>duo
> where the bass player would play the melodies during the 1st cycle 
>through
> the tune while the guitarist recorded a chord loop, then the bass player
> would revert to normal bass parts and the guitarist solo over bass and
> chords. Or else you could just play over pre-recorded backing tracks - 
>not
> to everyone's taste, but it is a possibility (in which case, maybe you
don't
> even need a live looper - a CD with your backing tracks could do as 
>well).
> Or else, you could change what you're trying to play to cater more to the
> looper's strengths...
>
> Best wishes,
> Warren Sirota
>