ejefftronic . loops

spreading it around a bit . in a confined space

many hours in the garage spent looping on saturday . some very experimental loops, some riff based solo-fests

09.16.06lp01

I was going for a bluesy riff at the start of this one . i like certain parts of this one a lot, while others encourage me to rethink my "no content edits" philosophy.

09.16.06lp03

investigating some of the non-sos potential of the dd-20, at first . then the eventide with on-the-fly loop mangling . then some novation supernova 2 live patch exploration

09.16.06lp05

abstract fun with harmonizers

09.16.06lp08

acoustic melodies on acoustic melodies . lots of super wet magnetic path improv melodies and lead on top of those

09.16.06lp09

my favorite loop of the day . this was great fun to play

intentions . opportunity for the unexpected

after the "sad story" night, I was anxious to get back out there and re-create the magic that was lost . this time with "tape" rolling . it took me some time to get back out there, and the results differ significantly from the goal. here's what happened

09.11.06lp01

very saturated guitars . string noise as loop fuel . plinky acoustic for contrast

09.11.06lp02

acoustic . mellow . melodic . very saturated leads are the order of the day

09.11.06 lp04

i wanted to pursue Steve Reich's guitar phase approach a bit to see what melodies develop by the same part oscillating over itself, so i did . everything on this track was done in a single take, and every sample of the take is included, but i did pull the parts to different tracks and overlap them in post to reduce "loop evolution wait factor" . we're still looking at 17 minutes . i continue to pursue the perfect length and melody combination . elusive . indeed

sad story

last night (09.05.06) I was looping away, right? so I go into the house to get my laptop and start tracking . it's kind of late, so I figure "ah, screw it - i need to go to bed" . back out to the garage to shut everything down . I pick up the guitar and keep going, of course . the next hour or so delivers probably 30-40 minutes of the best loops I've ever done . of course . that'll teach me (again) . sigh

08.22.06lp01

warming up after a "change in venue".

08.23.06lp01

Along the same vein as the previous loop, but probably a bit better.

08.23.06lp02

It occurred to me that I never loop with an arpeggiator aspect, so I decided to give it a shot.

08.23.06lp03

ambience and more (or less)

08.23.06lp04

a stereo pair of electric guitar reverse loops.

the originals

To me, live looping is all about improv. After acquiring the gear that makes live looping possible, and quickly losing forever the first several looping attempts to the aether, I decided to record every loop I could. These loops comprise 9 of the next 15 loops I recorded. They're pretty haphazard, because I hadn't yet established a personal approach to looping (which I've actually been trying to avoid ever since). Maybe this explains the somewhat broad flavor.

loop 3

The eventual rhythm is somewhat disjointed, and I'm ok with that. In looping, the quirks of non-quantized rhythms soon feel natural.

loop 4

An ambient beginning with exploratory noodle overlay.

loop 7

Body by eventide. Squidge by Kurzweil.

loop 8

This loop was well underway before I thought to press record. All the parts in the rhythm (the acoustic and the "whistly" synth) were entirely ad-libbed, as were the eventide enhanced soloing (random patch selection strategy).

loop 9

Takes a while to develop, but little parts you expect to be of no consequence become key melodies in the bigger scheme.

loop 11

This one is actually based on an acoustic guitar piece I'd been kicking around - so it's not fully improvisational.

loop 12

Lots of ambience - good stuff awaits the patient listener.

loop 13

Another chunk of acoustic guitar riff I had been messing with. The base riff is in 25/8, and all the overlapping parts are improvised, sometimes in the same time signature, sometimes not.

Incidentally, this riff was eventually turned into asong, we refer to as the stupid.

loop 15

More ambience, squidge and happy-accidents.