Members Howie22 Posted July 27, 2007 Members Posted July 27, 2007 Does anyone use one of these? I recently saw a solo acoustic guy using one - he was doing some neat stuff with it. I'm all about a live performance, and wouldn't want to use pre-recorded background tracks, midi, drum machine, etc. However, the looper seemed pretty cool. Seems like it would be a neat tool to do solos on a few songs, or use for basslines or percussion parts (tambourine, shaker, etc) on other songs, so long as everything was done live a the show. I think it would interest the audience to build the backing parts one by one live and then play over it live. What are the general thoughts on these?
Members vteckid22 Posted July 27, 2007 Members Posted July 27, 2007 I havent used one myself..but I want to try to incorporate a looper of somesort one day. Heres an awesome performance by KT Tunstall using her trusty looper to do the percussion: http://youtube.com/watch?v=i0wYJ407wNA
Members rjoxyz Posted July 27, 2007 Members Posted July 27, 2007 I havent used one myself..but I want to try to incorporate a looper of somesort one day.Heres an awesome performance by KT Tunstall using her trusty looper to do the percussion:http://youtube.com/watch?v=i0wYJ407wNA I saw her do that routine somewhere--may have been Austin City Limits. Very cool. She is alot of fun to watch perform.
Members DenverDave Posted July 27, 2007 Members Posted July 27, 2007 There are several artists who do it regularly. Phil Keaggy is the absolute master of using a looper live - he has been doing it for well over a decade. Here is a nice YouTube clip of Phil using the JamMan looper. Audio level is a little low but let the clip run - some amazing playing on this clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnjw75fQ5_E
Members Howie22 Posted July 27, 2007 Author Members Posted July 27, 2007 Yeah, I've seen her use it several times. What I'd like to do is more along the lines of what she does.
Members DonK Posted July 28, 2007 Members Posted July 28, 2007 Phil Keaggy, Alan Holdsworth and Trey Anastasio are all big users of looping, with pretty amazing results. I use a Boss RC-20XL from time time; it works very well. On stage, you can take a half a minute or so to lay down a rhythm track - the audience will think you're playing an intro if you do it right - and then you can improvise or otherwise play over it.
Members guitarist21 Posted July 28, 2007 Members Posted July 28, 2007 Phil Keaggy He is the man! I'll never forget seeing him live. He lives up to everything folks say about him. Ellen
Members corduroyhorn Posted July 30, 2007 Members Posted July 30, 2007 i saw a guy live using one of those loopy jobbies. cant for the life remember his name....he used to be in a uk band back in the 90s i think...damn cant remember, damn good he was too...saw him in a gig to raise money for eric roche....... let me think, will get back to u
Members fingerpicker Posted July 30, 2007 Members Posted July 30, 2007 Used to use pre-recorded tacks years ago and was never happy with myself. It wasn't for me....Now I use a boomerang looper on stage on about 50 percenct of my songs. Mostly laying down rhythm guitar and sometimes a quick percussion beat-also played on the guitar. People do take notice and want to see how you do it---much more interseting than MIDI tracks. For Bar gigs I noticed that laying down too many loops can take time and you can lose the interest of the audience. So I will be recording while singing much of the time, or record a loop while I do a harmonica solo then switch to a guitar solo once the loop is set. There is a bit of a learning curve and you are going to make mistakes, but man it keeps your chops up and your rhythm playing will get tighter.
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