Re: First Drum Loop in the book "The Art of Digital Music"

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

Really?  I thought he just looped that first few minutes in one big
2-track splice, so you hear the first few minutes twice before the
side develops for another fifteen-odd minutes of all-live playing.

TravisH

On 1/4/06, loop.pool <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> I've been meaning to post this to the list forever, but I read this on 
>the
> liner notes of the
> rerelease of Miles' seminal In a Silent Way...........released in '69:
>
> Teo Macero used drum loops in both long pieces on that record.
>
> I didn't think Tony Williams would be able to play the same thing over 
>and
> over again without variation.
> It just wasn't in his nature.
>
> He also looped the percussionist and the tabla player and some melodic
> figures apparently.
>
>
>