Friday 15th October 2010 at Conservatorium van Amsterdam during the event “AmsterBASS” I will teach something about Live Looping in my new Masterclass “The Art of Looping”.
I took this title from the mini-book I’m writing about Looping’s concept and application. It will be soon available.
TOPIC ONE
THE ART OF LOOPING
Masterclass version
DEFINITION AND CONCEPT OF “LOOP”
-What ia a “Loop”?
-Brief History
-Evolution: from sample to loop
SOME KIND OF MUSIC BASED ON THE LOOP
-Brief History
-A brief deepening of House Music
-“French House” Music
DEFINITION OF “LIVE LOOPING”
-The “One-Man-Band”
-Benefit of “One-Man-Band”
-What is “Live Looping”?
-Use and Applicaiton
APPROACH AND METHOD
-How to approach a Live Looping session
-What is a “Loop Station”?
-Recording
-Overdubbig
-Multitrack Looping
-Overview on the BOSS RC-50
HOW TO CREATE A LIVE “SONG”
-The “Song”
-How to start your groove
-The “Beatboxing”
-How to ending the “Song”
THE LIVE LOOPING FROM THE BASSIST’S POINT OF VIEW
-Instrument’s role knowledge
-How to creat the “Clever Loops”
-Concept of “Bass-Helm”
-How to improvise on a loop
THE LOOPING “VIRTUOSO”
-The accuracy of the performance
-Time scomposition illusion
-Application (ex. “ROUTINE”)
-Looping some difficoult stuffs…
SIMONE VIGNOLA [LIVE-SOLO-SET]
-Set-up
-Concept of “DJ Approach”
-Behaviour
-Looping Plan
-Sound (panning, volumes, handling)
-“Live Looping” from a recorded loop
-You, your Loop Station and your band!
TOPIC TWO
HOW TO PLAY LOVE SONG + TAB (how many students?)
– A few words about Slapping and Tapping Technique
– Interpretation and concept of the Song
– Full Explanation
TOPIC ONE
THE ART OF LOOPING
Masterclass version
-DEFINITION AND CONCEPT OF “LOOP”
-SOME KIND OF MUSIC BASED ON THE LOOP
-DEFINITION OF “LIVE LOOPING”
-APPROACH AND METHOD
-HOW TO CREATE A LIVE “SONG”
-THE LIVE LOOPING FROM THE BASSIST’S POINT OF VIEW
-THE LOOPING “VIRTUOSO”
-SIMONE VIGNOLA [LIVE-SOLO-SET]
TOPIC TWO
HOW TO PLAY LOVE SONG + TAB
-A few words about Slapping and Tapping Technique
-Interpretation and concept of the Song
-Full Explanation
