When I was out running this morning an idea for a tune came to me. Influenced by the looping antics of @lk666 and the ambient jams of @sketch.and.jam I wanted to make some use of my Boss RC-1 looper.
I had to record a solo for a friend's video first. I hope that will be available fairly soon. Whilst I had things set up I could get on with this tune. It uses a fairly common descending chord sequence. I plucked it first and then tried using the volume pedal on my Zoom G3X to add some chord swell, but those are a bit quiet in the mix. Then I just noodled over it. There are a few duff notes, but you should have heard my earlier attempts (no, you do not want to). I added some swells on the lead part too for a while for variety.
I do have some outstanding technical issues to resolve with my setup. Sometimes my interface *M-Audio Fasttrak Pro) plays up and I get noise. Other times the video recording app (guvcview) goes wrong. One attempt came out with the video slightly slowed down. I do not want to give up using Ubuntu Studio, but there must be other video simple video apps that are more reliable. I am not sure if it is issues with the video codec. I just want to get on with the music really.
Anyway, I usually manage to record something and it is only some fun jamming. I am playing my Benford custom as usual.
By the way, @sketch.and.jam came up with #GibSunday as an excuse to break out the Gibson-style guitars once a week. We have #TeleTuesday and #Straturday, but there is a Fender bias with those. Any day is good for playing guitar.
Rock on!
Cool! I always like the looping technique. Like @bozz, I saw Ed Sheeran perform a lengthy solo utilizing it. Very impressive and props to you for practicing and managing to thoroughly entertain us. I have a few guitars and music runs in my family (my dad was a performer/musician) but do you think I learned how to play anything? Nope. I feel the music in me but have so many other hobbies going on that I put it to the background. I should really take a few lessons and make use of the strings!
Looping is a skill in itself. I messed up the timing a little on this. Gets interesting when you layer it up. I don't think it's ever too late to start making music. You can have fun with it anyway.
I've always found Loopers interesting. Looks fun to just Jam with yourself like you did in the video.
Great stuff!
I have 3 different loopers (in an amp, multi-fx and single pedal). I really ought to make more use of them for practice and performance.
You cant beat a noodle jam. It really improves the playing too. Good stuff! Especially at the end where you went bananas :OD
I ought to figure out what the actual scales are and learn something from it. Need to work on timing the loop right too.
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That is really awesome! I saw Ed Sheeran on Austin City limits one time and it was really cool to see how he was able to do pretty much everything with just his looper. I don't even think he had a band with him. Great job on this!
There are lots of great players using looping, including people I know. I need to practice that to get the timing right. The pedal is pretty neat. It can record for ages and if you make a mistake you can undo the last bit. I need to come up with more ideas.
That sounds nice. I love the movement
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Hope you enjoyed it. I need to experiment more.