Tom took his DeArmond X-155 to the November 14th episode of the show and demonstrated the loops he constructs during his lounge gigs. With the looping device he puts together three solid hours of mostly original music three nights in a row week after week. It’s a different way of thinking to crank out all that music on the fly. In part, it has to do with scale theory. But looping is the art of it. Instead of thinking of his tracks as a journey from point A to point B, his looping tracks focus on cyclical thought.
Also on the show: one caller requested House of the Rising Sun, and another (who said he paid attention in rhetoric class) helped out the crew with a discussion about proper limerick form. Bob Wiley suggested 80s hair band music now officially qualifies as “oldies,” so earns the right to be played on the banjo. Tom replied that you can play any kind of music you want on the banjo.
Featuring a DeArmond X-155
