Re: Is using Pre-Recorded Loops Cheating?

[Teddy Kumpel <teddybut@mac.com>]

then again... Miles Davis' favorite patch on the D-50 was the  
nightmare patch with no customization.

go figure.

rules? what rules?

Teddy

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On May 15, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Wavecomputer360 wrote:

> Why should it be cheating? After all, itīs you who created the  
> loops so why
> bother? As a performing musician you ought to keep an eye on  
> delivering a
> decent show with as little flaws as possible, this is what your  
> audience
> paid for. If using pre-recorded loops help you accomplish this,  
> great! Of
> course itīs great to create everything on the spot, giving an awe- 
> inspiring
> demo of your musical skills but sometimes things tend to go wrong,  
> like
> little fluctuations in line voltage, or the sushi you had before  
> the show
> that was slightly, erm, fishy...
>
> I would only have a serious problem were I to use loops that were  
> created by
> someone else, i. e. a sampling library or something along these  
> lines. Itīs
> neither my own stuff, nor does it require a particular amount of  
> musical or
> technical wit to reproduce this. As long as itīs your own stuff,  
> why bother?
>
> Stephen
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