Getting creative with the looper

[Roland Rock]

We've all seen people building up songs with loopers, but this chap Mike Love does it in a very creative way. Good stuff up to 4:20 then it gets very good indeed:
http://youtu.be/fU7hZ3smj0g

Edited September 21, 2015 by Roland Rock

[Raslee]

That's awesome 😎

[planer]

I didn't think I'd watch it all, but found it enthralling. Good work!

[ambient]

Loopers are amazing things. So many buy them and then just use them in predictable ways though.

[FuNkShUi]

That was brilliant.
Cheers for posting

[colgraff]

Why does the drummer have a microphone in his ear?

[Roland Rock]

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Why does the drummer have a microphone in his ear?
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Yeah, that's quite a luxury - normally we just jam an XLR up the drummer's arse

[toneknob]

Jealous because I can't operate pedals in my bare feet. Otherwise, technically brilliant tech-wise but I can't bear it to listen to.

Also it's funny when that grungey boho look is matched with hundreds of pounds worth of gear. (Personally I only use that much equipment when wearing my Tom Ford suit of course).

[Bilbo]

The single problem I have with loopers is a deal breaker. It all operates on the basis of repetition, endless repetition of two or three chords, repeated rhythms etc. This guy has really worked hard on a creative use of the tools he has but, if what you look for is interesting harmony, it's not going to work.

Hats off to him, though. It's noble stuff.

[Lw.]

Some pretty good ideas, especially the vocal bit but once again it's the looping that is holding a lot of the song back IMO - it would be 10x better if he just got a full band to play the music.