Re: Favorite Five Threads on L.D.

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

Can I post again? Please? :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>

> what percentage of loopers go and play 100% improvised
> loops or arranged premeditated loops on stage?

That's my bag all right....everything I do these days is totally
spontaneous. It's like doing drugs, but it's legal.

> how do you correct a bad loop on stage,stop
> abruptly,bullshit your way while tweaking or shoe/rack
> gazing until u get it right?

To play off a famous quote of Miles Davis, "Do not be afraid of errors.
There are no errors", I never play bad or incorrect loops.  On occasion, I
might play something that doesn't ring well with me emotionally (neither 
correct nor
incorrect), but I always manage to work with it somehow. It becomes part of
me just like all my other personality, physical, and psychological flaws 
as 
a
human being. Even if I loop something rhythmic and my foot fails me (maybe
because I have had one too many cups of coffee or drank too much alcohol),
generating a loop that is an 8th note longer rather than what my brain 
wanted to do
initially, that instantly becomes the norm and basis of what I do
afterwards. I don't really care if I intend on playing a 4/4 phrase but it 
ends
up being 9/8 or 7/8, or even something like 13/8 or 11/8. In fact, I don't 
even
count anymore. I never know what time signature I am in unless I 
consciously
stop to figure it out. It's a waste of my time. Everything is feel to me 
now.

> for those who do or care how do you keep your audience
> interested,do you always loop?

I loop. I try to talk, but I never say what I want to say. Music is much 
easer as
language for me in public. I prefer to play non-stop and say thank you at
the end of the show.

> whats the best looping show you´ve been to? what made
> it so great?

I really enjoyed watching Jeff Kaiser, Rick Walker, and Ted Killian
at the Boise Experimental Music Festival.  I liked it when some folks
were talking in the crowd, and then Jeff started looping him self
whispering "stop talking".  Classic, I loved it. And their set was great.
Good chemistry, lots of space and diverse sounds, etc, etc.

> What makes you feel free while playing music?organized
> or improvised?

Improvised...as free as a person can get, at least, metaphorically.  I 
tend 
to subscribe
to hard determinism these days...no free will, just chemistry, neurons, 
cause and effect, and necessity. I think I'm determined to do what I do. 
Everything is a result of a cause, ad infinitum. That would be an 
unproveable premise, btw.

> i know some of this has been brought up in the past
> perhaps but i think we all could use a refreshment!
> Luis

Thanks for asking!

Kris



> --- tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Hehehe, it would be nice to hear from some of the
>> young'ins . . .
>>
>> Some of my favorites went something like:
>>
>> 1. Why do you play (or loop) -- what was the journey
>> that brought you
>> here?
>>
>> 2.  Where does your music come from -- what inspires
>> you to create it?
>>
>> 3.  What are some of your  musical influences -- or
>> looping influences
>> -- and why?
>>
>> 4.  What are some of your favorite ways of using
>> your instrument or FX
>> gear in manners other than that it was designed for?
>>
>> 5. What keeps you going -- sustains you when you run
>> into a "wall",
>> carries you through when obstacles arise or when
>> you're simply tired,
>> uninspired or "bored" -- or what gets you out of a
>> musical "rut."
>>
>> Peace,
>>
>> tEd ® kiLLiAn
>>
>> "Different is not always better, but better is
>> always different"
>>
>>   http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html
>>   http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian
>>   http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html
>>   http://www.garageband.com/artist/ArsOcarina
>>
>>
> http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2845073
>>
>>
> http://www.netmusic.com/web/album.aspx?a_id=CBNM_17314
>>
>>
> http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193
>>
>> http://www.loopers-delight.com/cgi-bin/profiles.cgi?
>>
>> step=view_profile&id=121197000042
>>
>>   Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at:
>> Apple iTunes,
>>   BuyMusic, Rhapsody, MusicMatch, MusicNet,
>> DiscLogic, Napster,
>>   AudioLunchbox, Lindows, QTRnote, Music4Cents,
>> Etherstream,
>>   RuleRadio, EMEPE3, Sony Connect, CatchMusic,
>> Puretracks,
>>   and Viztas. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Blah, blah, blah.
>> So???
>>
>> On Jul 26, 2006, at 1:30 PM, loop.pool wrote:
>>
>> > So many people have joined this list in recent
>> years
>> > that it might be fun to revisit some of the
>> classic threads
>> > on creativity,  discussions of philosophy,
>> techniques for improving
>> > live performances, etc.
>> >
>> > I know that, personally,  these are always the
>> threads that have
>> > fascinated
>> > me and made me love being on this list.
>> >
>> > The oldtimers have weighed in on these subjects
>> but it would be cool
>> > to hear what the newest loopers have to say.
>> >
>> > What were your favorite five threads on this list
>> in the past?
>> >
>> > rick walker
>> > aka |()()p.p()()|    aka nO thiN-g
>> > www.looppool.info
>>
>
>
> www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
>
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