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Re: Newly subscribed!



welcome, steve!
we have approx. one flame war every two or three years and though they 
may be ghastly sometimes they last only for a very short time.
so please enjoy the upcoming, easygoing, mostly truly amiable 
looping-nerdness that this list usually provides.

best - tilmann



Steve Bingham schrieb:
> I have been wondering if perhaps today was not the best day to subscribe 
> to the list (-: To say that my inbox presented me with a rich tapestry 
> of postings is to put it mildly..... It did, however, make me 
> investigate my mail filtering rules!
> 
> Anyway; here I am.
> 
> Hello to Andy, Mike, Per and anyone else on the list who already knows 
>me.
> 
> To all those who don't; I'm a UK-based classically-trained violinist who 
> got into looping a few years ago while playing in a group with bassist 
> Steve Lawson. I currently do quite a lot of looping in my solo gigs, 
> alongside normal acoustic violin repertoire.
> 
> I started off with a succession of hardware loopers - Boss RC20, 
> Echoplex, Looperlative - but finally went over to the software side a 
> couple of years ago.
> 
> My current main gig setup is; 5-string electric violin by Fidelius. 
> SooperLooper within Logic 8 on a MacBook Pro. Gordius Little Giant 
> controller. I also use Roland PK5 midi bass pedals.
> 
> My looping at the moment tends to fall into 2 main categories: 1) Stuff 
> I've arranged or written: This tends to be either arrangements of 
> classical pieces, cover versions of songs, and the odd original 
> composition. 2) Stuff other people have written for me: This ranges from 
> original looping pieces by a variety of composers, to looping 
> arrangements and covers.
> 
> Given a little more free time (sometime this century I hope!) I'd like 
> to explore writing more original stuff of my own, and also more 
> improvisational looping.
> 
> If you're interested enough in any of this to want to find out more, my 
> website is at www.stevebingham.co.uk, where there are sound clips and 
> also some live video recordings of some of my looping.
> 
> I look forward to more learning about what you are all doing with your 
> looping, and less flaming..... (-:
> 
> Best wishes to all,
> Steve
> 
> Steve Bingham
> www.stevebingham.co.uk
> 
> 
>