RE: Gig spam--in two hours in San Diego

[Dave Trenkel <improv@peak.org>]

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>** well this brings up an interesting issue, or series of issues. 
>how much looping does one need to have on a "looping gig"?
>
>is it 100%, 80%, 70%, 50%?
>
>if one is doing improv and the spirit of the evening drives one away 
>from doing 70% or more looping, does it make it a non-looping gig? a 
>follow-up would be what's more important, the amount of looping or 
>following the music? (in other words, does the technique drive the 
>gig or the music?)
>
>i've had a few people ask me if i was going to go to one of the 
>looping fests and play. my response i both cases was taht i wasn't 
>sure that i would be doing enough looping to "qualify" . . . 
>depending on what moved me that night, i might not pass the litmus 
>test of having enough looping content, or that the way id o it would 
>be considered appropriate.
>
I've had similar feelings about the term "looping music" myself. I 
use loopers extensively, I currently have a boomerang, a jamman, a 
dl-4, and a repeater on the way. But I don't do music that depends on 
looping, necessarily. The loopers are just some of many, some'd 
probably say too many :-), tools that I use for music. Because I use 
a butter knife as a bow on my bass, do I play utensil music? What if 
I use alligator clips? Does that mean I play stoner music?:-)

If a looper loops loops with a looper, how many loops does looper 
have to loop to be a looper?
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Dave Trenkel                                New and Improv Music
http://www.newandimprov.com         improv@peak.org
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