New music lab is my solo live looping project. Typically, I book gigs and invite a guest to join me for improvisation. Recently, I invited my youngest son Kai to prepare a set. Wow, the kid can play!! Check us out in rehearsal here.

Composition: Forty Nights (Rick Walker | Worlds Collide)
Lyrics: Daniel Shane Thomas
Guitars and Looping: Daniel Shane Thomas
Drums: Kai Liam Thomas Nasef

ABOUT MY LOOPING RIG: I live loop song form with an open source software, Mobius, running on a Mac Book Pro as a plugin to Ableton Live. Beat Buddy generates percussion grooves and fills which I trigger with my feet in real time. The clock from Beat Buddy drives the host software and synchronizes the looping plug in. Mobius facilitates creative loop manipulation and many super cool recording functions. All delays and modulation effects are also synced to the master clock coming from Beat Buddy. The rig is super elegant. I can switch from looping synced to clock, to free looping without clock at the touch of button.

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