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RE: hearing a mistake repeated ad infinitum can be especially painful.



one of the "charms" of the looping technique is to figure out how to make
that clunker sound like it was meant to be there. I have found two ways
(other than stopping and beginning again, of course):

1. cover it up. play something else very loud to drown out the mistake. 
maybe stack a chord with that interesting, extra note :-)

2. add some things around the mistake that make it sound intentional.
this can be tougher to do, but can lead the loop in interesting directions.

does anyone else have any suggestions?

Pete Gilbert (PeteGilbert@msn.com)

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From:   Kim Flint
Sent:   Tuesday, October 28, 1997 13:19
To:     Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject:        Re: hearing a mistake repeated ad infinitum can be 
especially 
painful.

I always use the mistakes to develop the loop in a different way. Even more
of a growth inspiring challenge than listening to how badly my playing has
gotten lately, which I'm already keenly aware of.

Or I just press Undo.....

kim

At 10:55 AM -0800 10/28/97, Julia & Dave wrote:
>IMHO, After you've heard a mistake looping ad infinitum, maybe it's time
>to ask yourself if it should still be considered a mistake.
>
>DK
>
>----------
>> From: David Kirkdorffer <DKirkdorffer@exapps.com>
>> To: loopers-delight@annihilist.com
>> Subject: hearing a mistake repeated ad infinitum can be especially
>painful.
>> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 6:36 AM
>>
>>      >8.   Do you find looping to be a valuable pursuit in regards to
>>      >      developing composition skills and playing technique?
>> >
>> It can be very helpful as a compositional sketchpad.  Regarding "playing
>> technique" ...looping may force you to play more carefully, since
>> hearing a mistake repeated ad infinitum can be especially painful.
>>
>>
>>
>> I got a hoot out of reading this!  There's nothing like that moment of
>> exquisite pain when one realizes he or she has just pasted the "wrong"
>> note to, what had up to that point been, a beautiful loop.
>>
>> David


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