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improv vs arrangement
> On 27 jul 2006, at 05.16, L.A. Angulo wrote:
>
> > what percentage of loopers go and play 100% improvised
> > loops or arranged premeditated loops on stage?
Due largely to the technicalities (an old jamman), I'm 100% improvised,
although I have themes and vague structures. I'd imagine the sample based
loopers require a pretty clear head on their shoulders in order to
reproduce
things closely at different gigs!
It's probably a psychological thing, but somehow having pre-prepared
samples on
flash rom in a pedal would seem to have few advantages (other than cost!)
over
a laptop based system. I've seen gigs where everything comes from laptop
and it
seems perilously close to being a DJ. Not that I have anything against
DJs, but the skill
becomes one of mixing rather than playing.
All the best,
Nick Robinson