When the One comes around
Californian multi-instrumentalist Eli Salzman wrote a wonderful little article on how livelooping changed his music life: “When the One comes around – How a Singer / Songwriter was changed by…
Continue reading →Looping for Guitarists: An Open Letter to FX Manufacturers
Here’s a great post by David Torn about the sad state of today’s looper pedal industry. “dear folks who make looping-devices, esp. those which are marketed to guitarists: your…
Continue reading →Structured looping
Here’s a great video example of how to build a conventional song structure via looper.
Continue reading →Looping with Ableton
After a long learning curve I’ve successfully managed to live loop using the “looper” feature of Ableton – I’m using an old midi pedal to send patch changes to midi-ox,…
Continue reading →Live Looping Lesson
Joe Gore’s Live Looping Lesson on Premier Guitar Joe writes, ‘This one’s a labor of love: Premier Guitar just published my live looping lesson. Included are most of the hard-won…
Continue reading →Terry Riley Interview
Anil Prasad just put his recent interview with Terry Riley online. A must read for everyone interested in this pioneer of livelooping
Continue reading →Loop Jubilee on ARTE TV Tracks
French/German TV station ARTE sent a team to the May 2014 Loop Jubilee festival in Paris. Their report was on TV in September and can now be watched on Youtube…
Continue reading →Why did I move from the Boss RC50 to the Boomerang III instead of the RC300
From Singapur based livelooper Randolf Arriola: One of the most popular questions i get from fellow live loopers and new enthusiasts is why did i move from the Boss Rc50…
Continue reading →Introduction to Frippertronics
A talk about the tape based delay/feedback system called “Time Lag Accumulator” by Terry Riley or “Frippertronics” by Robert Fripp, followed by a short demonstration. This was recorded during the…
Continue reading →Reanimating my Frippertronics setup
Here is a new video showing my first session since decades playing frippertronics – with a nod to the master, Robert Fripp. The title says “reanimating” but it doesn’t actually…
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