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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
>
>
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