Tag: live looping

On Top of a Hill – live looping improv / demo

Here’s a song that I’d consider, using music industry vernacular, a “demo”. I wanted to start out with a completely ridiculous sound and try to turn it into a song. This is the result. Maybe this will turn into an album track, I’m not sure yet. Hope you enjoy checking out this work in progress. […]

Live Looping Improv [Mobius looper, Strymon TimeLine delay]

Woke up this morning and had the urge to do some improvisation. Here’s a live looping improv that I just recorded. Beatboxing, distortion, and weird vocals. Everything was recorded live, nothing pre-recorded. Music gear nerds: There is a gear list below if you’re interested. 🙂 Using Circular Labs Mobius looping software on a Macbook Pro. […]

Looping Tips and Techniques

I recently had the opportunity to contribute an article for Premier Guitar magazine. The topic? Something very dear to my heart—looping tips and techniques! “If you want to take your looping from four-bar bedroom jams to a performance environment, start thinking of your looper as an instrument, not an effect. Creating engaging loop performances can […]

Live looping – A Happy Future music video

Life had gotten a little crappy there for a bit. Really didn’t record any music in the last 8 months. Finally moved into a new place and have the studio set up again. A quick looping improv idea turned into a song. This is the second take. Everything performed and recorded live. 🙂 buy  steal […]

March of the Drones [live looping]

Just recorded a new live looping track the other night. All sounds are created and recorded live, nothing here is pre-recorded. 🙂 Using Circular Labs Mobius looping software on my Macbook. Hope you like it. buy  steal [mp3j track=”March of the Drones@https://stateshirt.wpengine.com/audio/videosongs/stateshirt_marchofthedrones.mp3″ flip=”y”] Lyrics: the drones are coming the drones are coming they believe we […]

Life is Easy [live looping]

I’ve really been a live looping mode for the last few weeks. This was recorded last night—it started off as an improvised vocal part that morphed into a song. Did a few takes, I think this one is the best. All sounds are created and recorded live, nothing here is prerecorded. 🙂 buy  steal [mp3j […]

Frenemies – [Live Looping with Mobius]

I got up this morning and had a new looping song idea pop into my head. Just put together this live looping video today. Every sound was recorded live, nothing prerecorded. Gear list below if you’re interested.  Also you love my unkempt hair. Maybe I should invest in a comb. Or some hats. Fancy hats. […]

2012 – State Shirt year in review!

2012 was a crazy year. Put together a bunch of videos and wrote a ton of songs. Looks like 2013 will be even more productive. Here is a mega-post of just about everything that I’ve worked on in 2012! Happy new year. Video Songs Pretty Horses Found this old Yamaha PSS-480 keyboard from the 1980s […]

Live looping improv – Echoplex, El Capistan, TimeLine

Here’s a little live looping thing I threw together today. All sounds are recorded live (nothing pre-recorded). Using two Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro (EDP) loopers, Strymon TimeLine and Boss DF-2 for my voice, and Line 6 AM4 and Strymon El Capistan for the guitar. Hope you like it. 🙂