The trick of how to be from 100% music beginner to advanced musician in the shortest amount of time!

Welcome to special looper curation site “Looper Lab” for looper beginners to advanced.

This site is compiled under supervision of “Nao-Rew

You can learn down below by this article.

  • The looper is very simple.
  • But you need to pay attention because it is very unkind for music beginners.
  • A trick that can make you from a 100% music beginner to an advanced musician in the shortest amount of time using the looper!
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The looper is not difficult.

“Looper is cool! I want to try it!」

I guess many of you may have arrived at this site with that thought in your mind.

“But it’s hard to find detailed information, where on earth should I study and what should I do?」

Do you have such a worry?

I myself, when I just started to play looper, there was no information at all, I was really stuck.While repeating failures hundreds of thousands of times, I still studied without giving up and finally won first place in Japan for loopers and second place in the world.


I’m sure there are some of you who, like me, have repeatedly failed, then thinking, maybe I can’t do this… and finally almost gave up on a looper.

Generally thought that “looper is difficult”, but the concept itself is quite simple.

At this site,I will try to tell you the knowledge and skills I have accumulated over the past 10 years in as concise a summary as possible.

No worry.I, who won second place at the looper world competition is on your side.You will be playing looper enjoyably with a big smile on your face in the near future.

Don’t think it harder, neither be rushed, let’s begin to study “the basics of looper” together in the first beginning.

I will be telling you extensive knowledge about looper on this site.Please share this site with your friends and let’s improve your skill together.

Are you an experienced musician?

Well, before you all end up buying loopers, there are some important things to check.

  • Are you an experienced musician?
  • Do you play an instrument or have any knowledge about music theory or musical equipment?

If you answer No to all of the questions above, then I can not recommend a looper to you。

There is no doubt that I talked at the beginning “Looper is simple”.

But therefore it is simple, it can be a musician who has experienced music like playing an instrument at some level, otherwise it would be extremely difficult to understand what looper is.
Especially when you want to use a looper at a gig, you will face some small problems.

You who are interested in loopers are my fellows.
I do not want to see those who become frustrated not only with the looper, but with music itself.

However!

If you use the looper well, there are some tricks that can be even a 100% music beginner into an advanced musician in the blink of an eye.

I will provide specific suggestions on how to use the looper from the purchase situation to how to be from 100% music beginner to an advanced musician in the shortest amount of time.

The trick of how to be from 100% music beginner to advanced musician in the shortest amount of time!

1.Take the Looper Diagnostic Test for you with the flowchart below.

*However, those who receive an advanced diagnosis result, please rank down to intermediate looper.。
*If possible, choose a type with a built-in drum or other rhythm machine and accompaniment.。

For those with a diagnosis result of “beginner/solo guitarist”

For those with this diagnosis result, I recommend choosing a looper with the one-track recording capability, simplicity, no or relatively few built-in effectors, and a looper model for beginner loopers or solo guitarists.

  • BOSS/RC-1 Loop Station
  • DigiTech/JamMan Solo XT
  • DigiTech/TRIO+(Recommended for solo guitarlists *Built-in effectors for guitarists)
  • Line 6/DL4 mk2(Recommended for solo guitarlists *Built-in effectors for guitarists)

For those with a diagnosis result of “intermediate/vocalist”

Those with this diagnosis result are recommended to choose the following looper models for intermediate loopers or vocalists.Also, human beatboxers, wind and percussion players, and other musicians who play instruments etc only a microphone can pick up the sound, and who are also new to loopers should also choose the following models.The main models are capable of recording two or more tracks, allowing for a certain flexibility in looper performance expression. Also, the built-in effectors are relatively abundant, so they are recommended for those who want to learn various effectors from now on.

  • BOSS/RC-505MKII Loop Station
  • BOSS/RC-500 Loop Station
  • electro-harmonix/22500 Stereo Looper
  • TC Helicon/DITTO MIC LOOPER(Warning only 1 track!)
2.If you are at a loss which one to choose, first of all, get the “BOSS” looper that is closest to what you want to do.

*BOSS is a long-established manufacturer that makes loopers, so there is a wealth of information available. It is easy to look up information even if you feel frustrated.

3.Have a music store let you try it out.

*Extract the maximum amount of information from the clerk at the music store

4.Purchase the instruments, microphones, cables, and other peripherals you wish to connect to the looper.

Starter kit for a looper
Recommended guitars for connecting to a looper
・Recommended microphones for connecting to a looper(In preparation)
・It is OK to buy a cheap guitar cable and a cheap microphone cable for now.

5.Touch it anyway at first and foremost.

Important: Learning by imitation, try it out for the first time at once and experience the fun of looper.

6.The first thing to do is to think of it separate from practice use at home.

Caution: It is incredibly dangerous for music beginners to suddenly use loopers in live performances. It is not recommended, as the experience will be traumatic and increase the probability that you will be frustrated in music.

7.Use loopers to enhance basic performance skills.
STEP
Perform with the rhythm machine built into the looper.
STEP
Record a real performance with running the looper’s built-in rhythm machine on the looper, and ask yourself, “Do I feel that my performance is worth listening to? ” and check if you feel it is a performance that you yourself can listen to.
STEP
Repeat STEP 1 and 2 over and over again.

That’s all there is to it.
You will probably get bored.Butcoming to the reluctant conclusion, people who can do this will improve.

Then now, here is a special way to improve your performance in the shortest amount of time.

STEP
Start with a tempo of 60 and increase the tempo by one tempo each day until you finally reach a tempo of 150.

*The specific tempo listed is only a guide. It is important to gradually increase the speed starting from a slow tempo.

STEP
If you are just starting out on a musical instrument from now, start by imitating the hand shapes and movements of a good player, rather than focusing on producing sound.
STEP
Instead of practicing from the beginning to the end, check the areas where you could not and concentrate on those areas.
STEP
Set a rule for the criteria of “I could do it” = “I could do it five times in a row without making a mistake” and so on. (Never mark anything else as “done”).
STEP
In the case of doing more than one thing at the same time, such as playing the guitar, separate the “singing” and “guitar” and practice (1) through (4), and when you are able to complete until (4), combine the singing and guitar and practice (1) through (4) again, and when you are able to complete (4), you are passed.
7.Try looper playing without rhythm patterns or metronomes.
8.Study for harmony, music theory and musical equipment.
9.Try using the looper in a live performance (you can try it out for one song at first, for example).
10.After the live concert, you will surely feel the importance of cooperation with the PA and monitoring, so you will need to dig deeper into that.

11.Review the equipment used in the looper.

*In some cases, upgrade the looper for an advanced player.

12.Increasing the frequency of looper use in live performances, while repeating basic exercises and gradually accumulating knowledge.

*Almost an advanced musician at this point.

There is no better tool to improve your playing and singing than the looper.

How do you like it?

Again, if you are a 100% music beginner, I honestly do not recommend loopers.
Butit is also true that there is no other tool that can improve your playing and singing skills more.

This is fun! I want to do it! It is totally OK to purchase a looper because those feelings should be first priority!

This is the story of how to do it.
If you don’t know the know-how,you are more likely to be frustrated at music itself as well, so be smart and improve your abilities in the shortest amount of time possible.

Let’s review the important points of today.Please repeat in your minds.

  • Looper is not difficult!
  • If you use the looper, you will unbelievably improve your singing and playing!

I didn’t have someone who could teach me looper like this.
That’s why I needed lots of time to master looper.

But you are not.

You will save lots of time by visiting this site.Cherish “the feeling of excitement when trying looper” and improve your looper skills at once with the saved time, and meet your future wonderful self in the shortest time possible!

So, you can’t say “I give up” anymore.
All you have to do is move forward!One last time…

The second place in the world at looper is on your side.

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