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Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas  But when you're talking about loops and rap - I think the view is too simplistic. The art of making loops is nothing to shrug at - reggae dub musicians pioneered the process, and rap artists really have contributed a great deal to the style. Sure, much of your radio play music is junk, but this is always true. Beyond the commercial junk, you have serious artists - people who are serious about making art, which happens to be in the form of programmed loops. |
I am quite familiar with loops and beats. If you are looking for programming that isn't repetitive and terrible take a look at Gnarls Barkley or Daft Punk (to name some of the ones that get radio play and are true artists behind the commercialism). Also if you are interested in less electronic sounding loops there is Andrew Bird who uses a loop pedal with his violin, guitar, and voice to produce songs with overwhelming loops and builds and variations.