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Attitudes to instruments/loopers (Derek Bailey)
"There seem to be two main attitudes to the instrument among
improvisors. One is that the instrument is man's best friend, both as
a tool and a helper; a collaborator. The other attitude is that the
instrument is unnecessary, at worst a liability, intruding between
the player and his music."
...Derek Bailey in "Improvisation, It's Nature and Practise in Music".
So I take that to mean that the instrument is either a means to
produce "the correct notes", or that is something that can be
explored to find new sounds and new music.
Musicians who develop extended technique presumably have a certain
curiosity about their instrument which is not shared by others.
It struck me too that this applies to looping, there seem to be a lot
of loopers who want their looping gear to perform in certain
pre-defined ways, and not many who are not tempted to
experiment/improvise with the looping device itself.
andy butler
www.andybutler.com