KT Tunstall (and looping discussion)

[ozyman]

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yeah, I think she's pretty great...can one of you musicians explain all those foot switches she's messing with? Obviously she's making a noise, setting it to repeat, and doing it again and again...but is this common? I don't think I've ever seen it before. Very cool.

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People have been doing stuff like this for a while, it's just kind of unwieldy for performance (you don't have to sell a ton of albums before another guitarist becomes cost effective). It's also relatively common in the electronic/dj scene. In fact there's a bit of a subculture centered around doing this sort of thing. Most of them use looping based software and a laptop instead of the simple pedal system it looks like Turnstall's using, but it's more or less the same stuff.

Here's a few links:
Reporter
Beatboxer Kid Beyond shows how he does it.
Guitarist Gordon Giltrap

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One that I really like:
Final Fantasy Final Fantasy- This Modern Love (cover)
- he uses the violin (he is the violonist for the Arcade Fire)

[edfurlong]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWu5aQiSwFA

comedy with the looping machine

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I was looking for this. I watched his special on comedy central last night.

[The Ocho]

she looks like an amalgamation of elka from the real world boston and jewel. the result is not as enticing as i would have imagined.

good musician though.

[NHFunkii]

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She's cute and I don't dig that look at all. However, I can't get past the raspy voice. It works for the music, but I can only picture her getting that voice by downing bottles of Jack straight while chain smoking.

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hot, isn't it?

[hanimal]

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I prefer Chan Marshall aka Cat Power. She's in her mid-30s and heartbreakingly beautiful.

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Love, love, love Cat Power.
The Greatest is a fantastic album and You Are Free is just as good. Her music is so vulnerable and broken soul sounding. Beautiful.

[killsadie]

like i misclick and found this, very cool

[shaniac]

This thread has made me realize that while I often like their music (esp Cat Power and the song "Metal Heart"), I don't find these artsy/indy chicks too sexy. I like the Indigo Girls, too, fwiw.

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How is her studio album?

[El Diablo]

Dom,

Howie Day is the first guy I saw do a ton of that stuff. Was pretty amazing the first time I saw it live.

Check out this video for an example (I've seen him do much more multilayered stuff than this live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6OOUH6UmeE

[El Diablo]

A,

Chan Marshall is hot and great. She is wacko when she performs, though. I saw her a couple of years ago and a few minutes into the show she needed all the lights turned out and she couldn't really face the audience at all during the show. Sounded great, though.