Re: BOWIE guitarists (looping)

["Dennis Moser" <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

Fripp smiled a lot when he played in Fall River,Massachusetts, this
past fall ... he was actually quite congenial. (And no, he didn't do
any "start-the-loop and walk away" ... what he did instead was have a
loop playing before things got started, walked out and finished it to
start the concert.)

Scott, if you're interested, I have an inventory of Fripp's rig when
he did this tour. Message me directly and I'll send it along (we sat 6
feet from him at the edge of the stage and had a chat with his
technician immediately after the show about the rig). It was a
multi-Eventide setup.

Dennis

On 4/24/08, scott hansen <evanpeewee@yahoo.com> wrote:
> i can't really answer for the NIN or Madonna question as to whether 
>there's
> looping in there (as F Zappa would say: i don't consume their music)
>
> I bought the Bowie DVD from a few yrs ago, i think after the Heathen disc
> came out, and the beginning of one of the songs (one that I believe DT
> played on), there is a bit of looping done by the 2nd guitarist in the 
>band
> (he's a british guy, sadly i don't know his name, i remember he was 
>profiled
> in Guitar Player when he was in Bowie's band), the other guitarist is 
>Earl
> Slick in the band.
> so there's a bit of looping in that live show presentation, couldn't 
>really
> see what he was using (i'm guessing a DL4), and i doubt anyone in the
> audience would have known it was a looping guitar.
> overall the concert looked (and sounded) boring to me. everyone looked 
>like
> they were on autopilot, but i'm biased-i prefer Reeves Gabrels playing w/
> Bowie (the bootleg VHS of tin machine  in japan i have is incredible!).
> the final note-their version of "heros" was the same as the rest of the
> concert- boring (and the guitar sound is nothing like Fripp's)
> On flip side a few yrs ago i bought the live King Crimson DVD (the more
> recent, not the 80's version of band), and for the encore they play 
>'heros',
> and man, adrian belew's singing is in fine form (he sounds eerily like 
>bowie
> on this one) and Fripp's fuzzed melody lines are just great, and they all
> look like they are having fun, even Fripp is smiling and looking like 
>he's
> having a great time. So, who'd a thought: king crimson outdoing bowie on
> 'heros" -at least in my opinion.
> s---
> ps-the beginning of the king crimson dvd starts w/ robert fripp doing a
> soundscape w/ his Eventide units, and i will say the sound was 
>interesting,
> i have no idea how he was doing it. it was mysterious looking.
>
>
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