Comments on: More on studying music full time http://www.stevelawson.net/2007/10/more_on_studyin/ the soundtrack to the day you wish you'd had Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve http://www.stevelawson.net/2007/10/more_on_studyin/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Steve Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:18:27 +0000 http://www.stevelawson.net/wordpress/2007/10/more-on-studying-music-full-time/#comment-351 Aha, yes, that was talking about the qualitative difference between 'live looping' and playing to a backing track, and the options that looping gives you to shape a performance to the situation, whether it's the length of the tune, the tempo, the relative volume of the different layers, or even how many notes are in a particular line - kind of vital if you end up gigging in a lot of different situations, especially if some are sit-down gigs and others are stand-up-and-dance gigs... :o) Aha, yes, that was talking about the qualitative difference between ‘live looping’ and playing to a backing track, and the options that looping gives you to shape a performance to the situation, whether it’s the length of the tune, the tempo, the relative volume of the different layers, or even how many notes are in a particular line – kind of vital if you end up gigging in a lot of different situations, especially if some are sit-down gigs and others are stand-up-and-dance gigs… :o )

]]> By: Paddy Hare http://www.stevelawson.net/2007/10/more_on_studyin/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Paddy Hare Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:48:20 +0000 http://www.stevelawson.net/wordpress/2007/10/more-on-studying-music-full-time/#comment-352 hey steve, another thing i remember you talking about is the conveyance of emotion on stage, and when you're gigging your trying to make a feeling or atmosphere that's tailored to your particular audience. I can't quite remember the specifics of it (and i'm very very knackered from halloween gigging.) Paddy hey steve, another thing i remember you talking about is the conveyance of emotion on stage, and when you’re gigging your trying to make a feeling or atmosphere that’s tailored to your particular audience. I can’t quite remember the specifics of it (and i’m very very knackered from halloween gigging.)

Paddy

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