Re: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube

[Jeff Kaiser <loopersdelight@pfmentum.com>]

d00d. I'm with you. I've got your back.

Jeff Kaiser
http://www.JeffKaiser.com
pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com

On Nov 25, 2006, at 6:44 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote:

> Okay, I'll throw my cynical two cents out there...  :-)
>
> I think we've talked about Keller before, plus many other guys doing 
> this sort of thing. I can't speak for anyone else, and this is only my 
> own feeling on the topic, but I'm not that fond of most the 
> multi-instrumentalist, one-man-band loopers.  He's a great technical 
> player, obviously, but to me the highlight isn't the looping, but his 
> showmanship and multi-instrumentalist ability.  I think it's a great 
> thing for the general public, who still finds this one-man approach 
> intriguing....the public always has flocked to this sort of 
> performance...I still see one-man bands at festivals and carnivals 
> with their crazy contraptions on their backs, ropes and pulleys 
> attached to cymbals, violins, bass drums, etc, etc....the crowd just 
> eats it up.   But the overall output, if I ignore the fact that he's 
> doing it by himself, just focusing on the music, doesn't inspire me 
> much. I'm not trying to be a scrooge or anything so close to the 
> holidays...it's just not my cup of tea artistically.  I think folks 
> would go bonkers over guys  like this at Vegas.
>
> Kris
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "aaron leese" 
> <aaronleese@hotmail.com>
>> on another note .... I am suprised I never hear anyone hear mention 
>> Keller Williams .... arguably one of the best loop musicians out 
>> there .....
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofmV7LrhpA&mode=related&search=
>>
>> this is part two of "juggler" ... you can see him build the initial 
>> loop in part one ...
>>
>> just wondering if anyone else has seen this guy ??
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: "Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com>
>>> Reply-To: "Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com>
>>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>> Subject: Re: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube
>>> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:48:51 +0100
>>>
>>> completely un-loop-oriented, but if you want to check out the ewi,
>>> you might be interested also in the following little vid of michael 
>>> brecker:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Ex1sC4xMc
>>> (as far as i know, he uses the boomerang for looping)
>>>
>>> all the best, tilmann
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
>>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:30 PM
>>> Subject: EWI looping by Jeff Kashiwa on youtube
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi guys,
>>> >
>>> > I just noticed there is a video clip of Jeff Kashiwa live-looping 
>>> on
>>> > a Lexicon Jamman (?) with an EWI 4000s:
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUtdP3jQKUA
>>> >
>>> > It's not very spectacular music style-wise, pretty traditional
>>> > Weather Report influenced fusion jazz, but Jeff is such a good 
>>> player
>>> > and this is a great chance to see this new model of the EWI 
>>> (Electric
>>> > Wind Controller) that has good built-in synth sounds. In this video
>>> > you can see how Jeff plays deep bass lines and high pitched 
>>> "soprano
>>> > sax" melodies almost at the same time by using the same synth 
>>> patch,
>>> > only jumping up and down in octave while overdubbing into the 
>>> jamman.
>>> > The new EWI also has good "synth-like" performing options like
>>> > portamento and breath controlled attack- or filter cutoff envelopes
>>> > which you don't see demonstrated in this video.
>>> >
>>> > Myself I was incredibly lucky to pick up an EWI 4000s for a very
>>> > friendly price in San Jose and since I got back and started playing
>>> > it I think I have never used my pitch-down-octave patches at all!
>>> > It's so cool to loop with an instrument that covers over eight
>>> > octaves. Earlier this year I was very interested in getting a 
>>> Chapman
>>> > Stick to loop with, for the huge octave span, but my EWI has
>>> > completely seduced me to forget about that Stick Crush ;-)
>>> >
>>> > Greetings from Sweden
>>> >
>>> > Per Boysen
>>> > www.boysen.se (Swedish)
>>> > www.looproom.com (international)
>>> > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
>>> > http://www.myspace.com/looproom
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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