You mean Andrew Bird does it well, with the help of Martin Dosh. Minneapolis, represent! All I know of this Minneapolis style I learned from The Fog, and their various off-shoots. posted by filthy light thief at 10:49 AM on September 7, 2011
Nope, I meant Andrew Bird does looping extremely well with or without the accompaniment of Dosh (I've seen Bird live with and without accompaniment and every time his music is exceedingly beautiful).
...but her phrasing kinda bums me out posted by droob at 11:02 AM on September 7, 2011
I'm not understanding how the looping is working. For example, at 5:00, I see her sing a measure/fragment into the mike, and then hear the same fragment repeated almost immediately, but I don't see her press any "playback" button or entering any kind of a control. It's amazing ... but what's this magician doing behind the scenes? posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:09 AM on September 7, 2011
Oh yes, you can do so much with loops. For more looping fun check out Reggie Watts, he does it all using only his voice, it's pretty sweet. posted by butterteeth at 11:11 AM on September 7, 2011
We need more guitar heroes doing their own productions with virtual equipment so when they actually meet up and jam in real life the next Led Zeppelin will be born. I applaud these young talents... now it`s just a matter of time! posted by Meatafoecure at 11:28 AM on September 7, 2011
Howie Day launched his musical career with his unique, mesmerizing command of this art of live sample looping.
Keller Williams is also well-known for this type of looping style.
Jamie Woon, the up and coming dubstep/soup artist, Burial protege, also employs this technique, mostly just with his vocals.
Amazing! However, this being the internet, I must point out that it's "Ha ha, ha ha ha" and not "Ah ah, ah ah ah". posted by owtytrof at 1:37 PM on September 7, 2011
If you like looping, Dub FXisalsoamazing. And for good or ill, he explains how he's doing it. posted by contrarian at 2:36 PM on September 7, 2011
Astonishingly brilliant - I've done a little live-looping, and I'm absolutely in awe of how she stays so much in control of where all the different parts are, and which pedal will cut or restore which sections. It would also be a great cover even if she hadn't done it live-looped - the phrasing on the chorus annoyed me a little as well, but only because I'm familiar with the original.
(Cool Papa Bell - loopers can be set up in all sorts of ways, but at its simplest you can do it with one button that both starts and ends a loop. So you press it once, sing or play your bit, and then when you hit it again the length of time between those presses defines the length of the loop, and it immediately starts playing that bit repeatedly. You can also have it so that it's immediately recording again at that point, so anything you sing at that point will make it into the next time round the loop. Add buttons to switch recording on and off, and multiple tracks to keep different parts separate, and the sky's the limit.) posted by ZsigE at 2:50 PM on September 7, 2011
Why does she get all that opportunity just because her family is already in the business? Surely I should be a talented musical sensation without any effort too? Bloody middle class stealing our jobs posted by fistynuts at 3:07 PM on September 7, 2011
16 years old ...skill. Do you reckon she'll be on X-factor soon? posted by fistynuts at 3:33 PM on September 7, 2011
Kaki King doing a similar trick live on the radio. posted by Gilbert at 12:03 AM on September 8, 2011
Given the recent anniversary, I am reminded that Freddie would do something similar live with The Prophet's Song. I think he only had a single loop though. posted by jamuraa at 6:03 PM on September 8, 2011
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