Re: http://www.yoavmusic.com/

[Matt Stevens <mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com>]

Its kind of a hard thing to explain(looping) - but if people see this  
guy on TV it may change things and as all the sounds on his record  
are created by banging and playing one guitar

MS

On 5 Mar 2008, at 12:00, Per Boysen wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Matt Stevens
> <mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Hey
>>
>> Have you guys heard of yoav?  Looks like hes going to be the act that
>> takes looping into the mainstream, very commercial acoustic looper
>> and he has got voice.
>
>
> I'm not so sure he will take looping into the mainstream. The reason
> is that he is using looping "as a recorder" rather than "as an
> instrument" and because of that very few people might realize that he
> is actually looping. And a phenomenon no one knows about can hardly go
> mainstream.
>
> Even though I'm not a fan of the tradition Yoav follows, it's always
> interesting to hear people loop in more traditional music - stuff with
> vocals, lyrics, verse and chorus parts etc. Other players in this
> field that I like better listening to are Andrew Bird and Caroline
> Glass.
>
> -- 
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
>