Eh, there’s nothing wrong with it. I’d rather see someone loop stuff that they’re actually playing than use prerecorded background music. I’ve seen other solo acts use it before, it no big deal. Certainly nothing to brag about though.
It depends. If it's part of the sound of your band, no. If you use it to pretend you're a one man band playing other people's songs, you're a fucking moron and nobody likes you.
At this point being a solo performer using a looper is about as hack as you can get. Noodling over an eight bar loop of string noise and two chords is an artistic space that has been completely explored.
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1 JoeCumiasFryingPan 2019-07-03
Oh so so so so so so just because I appreciate non-abattoir technology, that makes me a terrible musician?
1 Ranger_Drumpf 2019-07-03
How many loops do you need for ‘mooooooo’?
1 johnajapanda 2019-07-03
Not when you play just like Eric
1 throwawawyy2 2019-07-03
Especially when you have hooves
1 JerkStoreJ 2019-07-03
Eh, there’s nothing wrong with it. I’d rather see someone loop stuff that they’re actually playing than use prerecorded background music. I’ve seen other solo acts use it before, it no big deal. Certainly nothing to brag about though.
1 Icon_Crash 2019-07-03
It depends. If it's part of the sound of your band, no. If you use it to pretend you're a one man band playing other people's songs, you're a fucking moron and nobody likes you.
1 BarnyardBill 2019-07-03
The band Battles utilized looping in a pretty cool way.
1 PhishInVa2 2019-07-03
Depends if its digitech or not
1 TheElDan 2019-07-03
When it’s done we’ll, it’s impressive. When it’s done by banging your guitar on every quarter note to mimic atrocious drumming, it’s embarrassing.
1 Popblawo 2019-07-03
It sounds like youre not a musician
1 GreekIsExtra 2019-07-03
At this point being a solo performer using a looper is about as hack as you can get. Noodling over an eight bar loop of string noise and two chords is an artistic space that has been completely explored.
1 gaykentuckypride_yay 2019-07-03
needs more cowbell
1 OlGravylegz 2019-07-03
Its a tool, just like joe!
It doesnt need introducing to the audience any more than the PA system does.
"This is a mixing console...allen and heath... I can move these faders and increase the volume of the instruments"