Terry Riley
If you want to be an excellent guitarist, practicing with a looper pedal is essential. And few pastimes are more fun than creating a whole song yourself by layering chord progressions, bass lines, rhythms and drum beats. Looper pedals allow you to create full performances with only your guitar and a looper pedal.
Looper pedals allow you to record a loop, which is then repeated for you to jam over. Over time, you can build up your own backing track by adding to the existing loop. In loop terminology, this is known as "overdubbing." Most of the time, looping, overdubbing and soloing will just leave you rocking out in your bedroom, kicking over anything that stands in your way. Looping also gives you the option of gigging alone, however, and it's always impressive to watch onee musician construct an entire song piece by piece.
So where did the idea of looping come from? Repeating phrases are present in almost all forms of music, and loopers just take it to another level. Loop-based music was initially made popular by Robert Fripp, the musician who benefitted from a stream of experiments involving tape loops. Brain Eno essentially took Terry Riley's 'Time Lag Accumulator' and let Fripp play with it. In the end, Fripp ended up on his 'Frippertronics' tour, bringing delay and looping effects a step further into the mainstream.
To create your own Frippertronics experience, get a decent looper pedal. Different pedals are suited for different uses, so don't just go buy the one with the most exotic features. Think about your uses first, then do some research. Too many guitarists end up with a collection of doorstops instead of an effective pedal board to highlight their playing.
Most looper pedals have similar functionality. One pedal is commonly reserved for recording, playing, and overdubbing. On the first tap, it records you playing, the second tap stops the recording and starts the looping, and a third tap allows you to overdub. You then build up your backing track, and stop whenever you've got enough going on to have a good time adding notes, chords, or solos over the top of it. Most loopers also allow you to undo your last recording, switch between different loops, reverse loops, play along to a drum track and change the tempo of your recordings.
Unless you have a couple friends willing to lay down a backing track for you all day, there is no better way to improve your soloing than using a looper pedal. You can create a backing track for yourself, then solo for hours, practicing over several different tracks and improving your skills. By the time you link up with your friends for a band practice, they'll be blown away!
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