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Re: Strategies (was: Re: Improv loops (was Re: Upcoming gig)
>But in a shorter perspective - like the last five to ten minutes
>before you will perform - it may be a good thing to fool around a
>little with the instrument without actually playing anything. Just
>letting your body melt into the instrument while emptying/focusing
>your mind.
>
>I'm very interested in mental attitudes concerning performing and
>practicing, since it seems to play a very big part for what comes
>out as music. I would be delighted to read what others think and
>what you are using for tricks to get it right.
>
>Greetings from Sweden
>
>Per Boysen
This is interesting to me as well. Most of the time I am a bass
player, so it's obvious to me how to get warmed up, practice, be
prepared, etc. When I do looping, being a bass player is almost
irrelevant, as the electronics become the instrument, so it's a
completely different mindset. The fact that the sound may originate
from a bass is not part of the equation and certainly all my bass
skills have little to do with the music being made. In fact, if the
sound is recognizable as a bass, I feel that I have failed somewhat.
I am curious how many of us use looping as a way of playing more
"conventional" music and how many of us are making the beeps and
bloops?
Edwin
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Edwin Hurwitz
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