Friendly Fire

It is the loop pedal that has allowed this project to come to life. Several layers of bass parts are looped and repeated, and accompanied by a scaled down drum set and vocals. Nothing is pre-recorded. *********************************************************** At first I felt limited by this method of music making, but then decided to embrace the way this setup functions and learn how to work with it as if it were a new instrument. Although the songs are mostly planned out, live performances are actually a bit of a “jam session”. Many parts don’t have specific drum beats planned out, but rather a general idea that is freestyled on. And many parts don't have a specific length, but are just played until it feels right to move on. Using this setup, the songs seemed to become what they were on their own through repeated playing. I didn’t expect this when I first thought of making music in this way. I thought I would have to plan out every aspect and detail of each song, but was surprised to find the freedom to allow things to evolve on their own. *********************************************************** Brooker has played the bass with such bands as The Nemesis Theory and Sick Sense and the drums with Shepherd and, Japan-based, Single Serving Jack. He also put together the 2006 release of The POST-grunge Compilation .