Live Looping: Watch rock violinist Mark Russell create an entire soundtrack, one loop at a time!

I remember the first time I saw a musician do live music looping on stage: It was this amazing guitarist Newton Faulkner at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles last summer, and at first I didn’t know what he was doing. He was moving around on the stage, making a sound on one mic, then another sound with another instrument on another mic; a few moments later, I could hear the sounds building as each of his musical moments looped around and built upon the other create an amazing soundtrack that he created and then sang and played along with. It was fabulous!

While looping is commonly performed in the studio, It’s an amazing thing to watch as a musician employs this talent live. In this YouTube video, violinist Mark Russell rocks out, building a tune live, one musical loop at a time. Mark is also a composer and teacher who began studying classical violin at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia. Find out more about Mark Russell at www.myspace.com/markrussellviolinadventurer.

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Tags: Just For Fun!, Music