Erica Mou: Band In A Box

Erica Mou – Torno a casa (Live @ Teatro Forma, Bari)

I ran across this video by Erica Mou who has a lot of videos available on YouTube.

Of course I stopped and checked it out because … after all, she is playing an acoustic guitar.

But this video is not about great playing. Truth is, it’s average……

although very competent.

But that’s not why I’m sharing this video…. what is captivating here is what Erica Mou and her music partner are doing with technology and building of a song live on stage. This is all accomplished with a looper that records a measure or two of a part you perform- hit the switch and then it plays back. Good job here of making an exciting video. Now if you want to see an advanced version of this with outrageous guitar playing by Phil Keaggy, check this out after watching this. You won’t believe it!

Here’s some bio information on Erica Mou:

“Erica Musci (born April 6, 1990), better know by her stage name Erica Mou, is an Italian singer and musician. Born in Bisceglie, Italy, she began studying singing at the age of 5,  and playing guitar at 11.

After some minor musical experience, in 2008 she released her first album (with label Auand, Bacio Ancora le Ferite and began playing concerts. She won several prizes, including the award for “Best Lyrics” at SIAE and “New Indie Pop Artist” at M.E.I. (Meeting delle Etichette Indipendenti).

Her version of Don’t Stop, originally by Fleetwood Mac, was the soundtrack to ENIcommercials starting from January 2011.

In March 2011 she released her first major album, È, on Sugar. The album produced byValgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Sigur Rós) and arranged by Valgeir Sigurðsson and MaJiKerwas anticipated by the first single “Giungla”, with a video directed by Valentina Be and inspired by the true story of young model Tom Nicon’s suicide.

In October 2011 she toured in the USA for the Hit Week Festival, performing in New York,Los Angeles and Miami.In 2012 she entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the song “Nella vasca da bagno del tempo”. more here