Re: new possibilities for musical structure opened up by the use new possibilities for musical structure

[a k butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

>OK, I'll bite.

thank you

>  So is it possible to venture a theory of sound structure creation 
> through the use of loops?

I don't see why not.

>the fact that purely repeated acoustic material becomes nauseatingly 
>tedious without some, however subtle, change.  That is, the sound 
>must be affected in some way in order that the repetition produce 
>some meaningful or desirable effect.

actually there's a whole load of ways to keep a loop interesting 
without having to post process it,

Subject: Techniques to stop loops getting boring

if that's of interest


>I'm not sure that looping, loops or loop manipulation presents new 
>possibilities in so much as they present new insights into something 
>that was there all along.

For me, there's new possibilities.

>  What becomes interesting then is the notion of complex loop 
> clusters becoming compositional structures, something like a 
> loop-network, and allowing repetition, and hence looping,

I don't think the looper has to be complex, it's the ability of the 
player to control the device which creates the interest.

>a metonymic capability for understanding the world around us.

ahhh...that beats me, what's it mean? Kris? anyone?


>cheers
>omjn

andybutler