Re: The Eye is as Quick as The Hand

["Jay Bell" <jay.bell@ntlworld.com>]

A lurker speaks...

I just assumed that it was MIDI sequenced.. does that make it fake?

Reminded me very much of this by Imogen Heap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSIbfzK2spg



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Duke" <echohead@embarqmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: The Eye is as Quick as The Hand


> Maybe someone off camera is  pushing the buttons or else its only a 
>"fake" 
> representation of what he is doing for the video?
>
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Moser" <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:12 AM
> Subject: The Eye is as Quick as The Hand
>
>
>> Hmmm ...okay,. here goes:
>>
>> Not to take ANYTHING away from David Ford's talent (catchy,
>> intelligent, I like it), but ... the video is misleading.
>>
>> Watch the video VERY closely and follow the sequences that he lays
>> down. At no time is there an evident "controller" or "trigger" to
>> switch when he goes from the "layers" to singing the verses of the
>> song ... what gives?
>>
>> I can understand having set some kind of threshold trigger for
>> recording the parts (the kitchen percussion, etc., the Jamman had that
>> a long time back and I know other loopers have the capability, too)
>> but there are no "actions" that he makes that would indicate that he
>> is switching "on/off" for when he sings the verses. The first of these
>> is at 1:41 into the video, right after laying down the first 3
>> percussion tracks and the harmonies. At first I thought when he turned
>> back to the counter, he was picking up a switch of some kind, but
>> after watching closely, you can see that it is a coffee cup which he
>> carries with him down the hall and sets on the floor.
>>
>> Am I missing something here?
>>
>> Dennis "Maybe I need more caffeine" Moser
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Richard Sales <richard@glasswing.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> I don't know if you got this guy.  In Wired recently:
>>>
>>>  http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/video-david-for.html
>>>
>>>  richard sales
>>>  glassWing farm and studio
>>>  vancouver island, b.c.
>>>  www.glassWing.com     www.richardsales.com
>>>  www.hayleysales.com     www.joannesales.com
>>>  www.blueberryfieldsfarm.com
>>>  www.broombusters.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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