Embarking on a musical exercise "composed(ing) entirely of Loops"

[MikeRobinson]

"Okay... so I decided that this really didn't belong in the "Songwriting" section ... so, where to put it?"

 

I've decided to embark on a purely-experimental musical project that I have dubbed, "The Gospel According to Saint Loop," which I hope to have ready for presentation in the next few days.  And I must say it has been interesting.  "These performers are going to perform the parts that you have picked, but they're not the parts that you have composed ... nor, probably, that you ever would have thought of."  Can you compose a viable piece of music from this?

[john]

Interesting idea and challenge Mike. It's closer to remixing than anything else!

[MikeRobinson]

Yes, John, and my particular challenge here is (in part ...) to do something that isn't "remixing."  Because each of the musical performances – MIDI or Audio – that are embodied in "a loop" are specifically designed not to be "part of a particular song."  Instead, I guess, they are – composition-wise – "one big phat 'Musical Note!'"  (But: "nothing more than 'a Note.'")

 

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My still-favorite "remix example" is Run-DMC's "Can't Touch This," which was sampled from the original "Super Freak." 

 

But then, lo and behold, Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Scaggs(!!) took "Super Freak" itself – wasn't it just supposed to be a throw-away novelty song? – and created something astonishingly new.  (Check it out ...)

 

So, I'm basically in the process of blocking-out "a musical arrangement in a standard song structure, composed of elements of typical segment-length," and populating it entirely through loops."  (Although I do reserve the right to pick a "MIDI-loop" and transpose, although not rewrite, its internal structure.)

 

Given that I seem to have a library at my disposal of several thousand loops, this might take a while.  😎

Edited December 31, 2019 by MikeRobinson