{"id":1400,"date":"2011-10-10T23:22:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T04:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2011-10-10T23:23:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T04:23:30","slug":"featured-contributor-ben-worcester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopcommunity.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/featured-contributor-ben-worcester\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Contributor: Ben Worcester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loop Community is privileged to have many talented musicians and music programmers contributing to the community. One of those people is Ben Worcester.<br \/>\nI asked Ben a few questions and wanted to share our discussion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.loopcommunity.com\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ben-Sharyn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1401\" title=\"Ben-Sharyn\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.loopcommunity.com\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ben-Sharyn-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.loopcommunity.com\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ben-Sharyn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.loopcommunity.com\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ben-Sharyn.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MM: What do you use to create your loops?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BW: I use Reason 5.0. We use it in the live setting as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MM: What advice can you give those who are interested in making Loops?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BW: As advice for loop writers, invest time in studying how others create unique sounds. Consume others&#8217; creations to develop your own. In addition, save your favorite sounds\/patches so that you can implement them in any other file quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MM: What instruments do you play?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BW: I play keys, generally, but I am also semi-pro trumpet player.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MM: Are you serving somewhere in your church? If so, where \/ whats your role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BW: I&#8217;m on staff at University Christian Church in Manhattan, KS as the Contemporary Service Coordinator. My role is to oversee musical and technical aspects of those services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MM: What made you want to start using loops in worship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BW: One of biggest reasons is to implement synthesized sounds at the heart of our music. This makes it easy to have these extra instruments that fill out the sound. I also think that by using loops live, a band solves a lot of problems quickly. Two examples would be starting\/ending songs and tempo issues. Loops can help with those transitions and make things more seamless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MM: How do you run loops live during worship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BW: We use Reason to fire all of the loops. We have an M-Audio 1814 FireWire interface that sends the stereo loop to the house (and monitors) and sends the click to the monitors. I usually fire them from my spot on stage behind the piano. Before the service, we load all of the loops in reverse order. Then, at the completion of the song, I (quickly) close the window and fire the next one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has their own way of making music and playing it live. It&#8217;s always interesting for me to hear how people implement loops and programming into their worship sets. It can spark a new idea or teach me something new. Thanks for sharing Ben!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loopcommunity.com\/seller\/benworcester\">Check out Ben Worcester&#8217;s Loop page at Loop Community!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loop Community is privileged to have many talented musicians and music programmers contributing to the community. One of those people is Ben Worcester. I asked Ben a few questions and wanted to share our discussion. MM: What do you use to create your loops? BW: I use Reason 5.0. 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