March 2012 \ Features \ Artist Interview \ Keller Williams: Low-End Loop Master

Keller Williams: Low-End Loop Master

Joe Charupakorn

One-man jam band Keller Williams reveals the trick to avoiding pesky loop drift, and tells how playing with the string cheese Incident inspired him to dive headlong into bass on his new reggaetrio album.
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Though Keller Williams jokes about how the new Korg Kaossilator is “a poser’s dream,” the following YouTube clips quickly prove how self-deprecating the multitalented man truly is.


Williams performs his hit “Freeker by the Speaker” at the Hard Rock Café in New York City. Looping madness—including bass, beat-box, a guitar synth solo, and whistling—begins around 4:43.


Here’s a clip from Keller’s performance as the Super Music Friend from a live Yo Gabba Gabba! show in San Francisco. Although it’s from a kiddie show, it’s defi - nitely not child’s play. This clip is a magnifi cent example of how to build a loop from the ground up.


In this clip from the 2010 Summer Camp Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois, Williams is road-testing the song “I Am Elvis.” Compare it to the full-band version on Bass.


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KW_trooper
on 03/22/2012 		Chud I think your ears might be clooged with Mudd!
DH
on 03/04/2012 		Chud - Explain what you mean by that.
Allen
on 02/28/2012 		Go back and listen to your Nickelback and Skrillex CDs, Chud.
Chud
on 02/16/2012 		Keller Williams Sucks



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