RE: Everyone and their dog has a live looping video now!

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

Hey Jacob,
its kind of hard to see what you have on the floor, is
the sequenced looping coming from the digitech and...?

> 
> I have mixed feelings on this topic, but ultimately
> I think the question it broils down to is 'who is
> your audience?'  For my own work, I receive a steady
> stream of criticism for not doing enough to showcase
> the technology, and 'that's where the magic is' is a
> statement I've heard on more than on occasion.  This
> kind of comment however comes from technology
> oriented people, who only make up a small part of my
> audience.  As I'd like to think of myself as a
> musician, rather than a 'Laptop DJ' (and there are
> way too many of those around), the approach I take
> is simply play my music and let the technology
> demonstrate itself.  Technology oriented people can
> and will take an interest and figure out for
> themselves what makes it tick - other people proably
> arn't that intetested to start with and will just
> listen to the music.
> 
> Technology to me has a more important role to play -
> my requirements are for a system which is highly
> portable, easy to setup and very reliable.  My setup
> time is now down to about 2 minutes, down from 1/2
> hour in my early days, I just chuck the rig on the
> floor, plug the power in and go.  I'm well aware
> that and hiccups from the technology will have a
> negative impact on my concentration and ability to
> perform - technology needs to just work and not get
> in the way, and lets even leave aside
> band/stage/sound engineering politics from the
> equation
> 
> My set now has a number of phases with the tecnology
> involvment from 'none' to 'insane', I think this
> helps to satisfy the tecnology, musical, and general
> beer drinking oriented segments of my audience:
> 
> Insane - live looping with foot control, vast
> variety of instrument control from one guitar,
> including octave shift (bass), MIDI triggering
> (rhythm and synthersizer control).  No backing
> tracks - all live
> Midway - sequenced backing track, generally with
> drums and bass, maybe a splash of extra keyboard
> parts.  Looping controlled from sequencer, as are
> patch changes for my guitar processing.  Lets me
> play a respectable cover of 'Nothing Else Matters'
> always goes down well
> None - put all technology aside, pick up guitar and
> play classical - makes a great interlude
> 
> Jacob
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEY_m1WMMZg
> http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/guitarworkstation
> http://www.keystoneframework.org/
> 
> 


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