the side effects of looping

["Dan Katayama" <dan.katayama@gmail.com>]

I've gotten so used to "looping" music that it's now really a part of "my sound".
It's a way for me to express what I am feeling in its purest form.  I don't really think about what I'm doing,
I don't calculate, so if I can just get a moment of what I feel on tape, I'm pretty happy.

But from an instrumentation perspective, or creative aspect, I lose the opportunity to "push the envelope" with my music.
And that is actually my choice.  I want to leave my music in its most natural form possible, mistakes and all.
But I still wanted to put myself in a situation where I had no control.
So I joined a band on the side.  A kind of wierd rock band.  And I feel out of control each time I play with them,
and it has been exciting as hell.
But I've come to notice, that I've lost the ability to "write" with a band.
If they give me an idea, I can contribute, but to sit there and "write" spontaneously has been difficult.
Because I'm still thinking in layers..I'm thinking slow...and somehow I've lost something.

Do any of you guys know what I'm talking about? 


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