How to actually practice with a looper // Gypsy jazz guitar lesson //

I use looper a lot in my practice sessions. I've found out that it's really useful tool if you don't have a chance to play with other musicians so often.
I prefer it over backing tracks since it helps you to practice rhythm.

Creating loops as I go gives me nice live feeling and it's closer to on the spot improvisation than playing with backing tracks.

Content:

00:00 Introduction to practicing with looper
01:09 Why looper is good for practice?
01:44 Example: A section of Coquette
02:13 How your rhythm feels like?
03:42 More reasons to practice with looper
05:13 Improvise practice sessions: Chain of 2-5-1:s
06:44 Example of one chord loop
08:10 Record your lines with looper
09:23 Make your own backing tracks with looper
10:26 I can't give you anything but love, theme + improvisation
12:41 Sad part of using looper
13:17 Brutal exercise of recording improvisation loop
14:38 Playing rhythm over my own improvisation solo
15:38 Improvising a counterpoint melody
16:46 Example of creating layer of sound and practicing rubato

About gear:

I use a basic VSN twin looper pedal.
The mic is audio Technica Pro70 microphone and it is connected to Behringer tube preamp Ultragain mic 300, there it's connected to twin looper pedal.

The guitar here is a modified APC JMD100.

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