improv vs arrangement

["nick@12testing.net" <nick@12testing.net>]

> On 27 jul 2006, at 05.16, L.A. Angulo wrote:
> 
> > what percentage of loopers go and play 100% improvised
> > loops or arranged premeditated loops on stage?

Due largely to the technicalities (an old jamman), I'm 100% improvised, 
although I have themes and vague structures. I'd imagine the sample based 
loopers require a pretty clear head on their shoulders in order to 
reproduce 
things closely at different gigs!

It's probably a psychological thing, but somehow having pre-prepared 
samples on 
flash rom in a pedal would seem to have few advantages (other than cost!) 
over  
a laptop based system. I've seen gigs where everything comes from laptop 
and it 
seems perilously close to being a DJ. Not that I have anything against 
DJs, but the skill 
becomes one of mixing rather than playing.



All the best,

Nick Robinson