Musing performs as an acoustic duo, doing covers of popular songs. Tunes that are generally recorded with a full band. With just a guitar reproducing a song, it can sometimes be a little thin. So we make use of live looping to give us more sounds to play with.
What is live looping?
If you’ve been to see a soloist or duo recently you’ve probably seen it in action, perhaps without knowing it. What we do is use a looper to record a short section of a song. Then play over that loop again.
This is done live right in front of the audience, don’t confuse this with playing along to back track that’s pre-recorded.
In our setup we might use the loop to play one guitar part, then perform another guitar part over the top. Sometimes playing a bass line underneath the loop. You can repeat this process more than once so you can have multiple layers of sound.
The result is that one guitarist can sound like 2 or even 3 or 4 musicians playing together.
How is it done?
Lots of fun and a great solution for small acoustic musicians, who often need to sound bigger than they actually are!