102.7 KIIS-FM: Ed Sheeran Loop Pedal Tutorial with JoJo

Ed Sheeran came by the studios at 102.7 KIIS-FM to give JoJo and some fans a quick demonstration on how he builds a song all with only his guitar and a loop machine!

[@TYGVlogger]

using a loop pedal live for many hours is no joke. There are many possibilities where you can make mistakes while playing. Ed doesn’t get recognition he deserves when it comes to loop pedal. He's basically producing a song live in front of you. And young girls nowadays be like "he's just a guitar man" only because he's not dancing or doing any crazy stuff on stage like kpop artists or new pop singers who are always lip syncing on stage since dancing and singing it's really hard. I'd rather watch a performance with loop pedals in live, than lip sync performances, that's why i love Ed

[@theodor_1028]

And he used a fucking RC-30😂😂😂 ONLY that makes it insane lol

[@ved5243]

yeah ever since he's upgraded to the chewwie pedal and lately the custom "Sheeran " looper for the mathematics tour i've begun appreciating him more. I bought an RC-30 after saving up for 2 years from my part-time job, its only when i began looping myself i realised how complex and difficult it can get. TIMING IS LITERALLY EVERYTHING!!

[@_marcusmarinho]

​@@theodor_1028 Is an RC 20 XL with no Balanced XRL MIC and single track.

[@willkoestner4159]

Getting a good loop first try is no joke. Ed is a VERY specific kind of genius

[@sanderschat]

if you got rhythm, it is pretty easy actually

[@willkoestner4159]

@@sanderschat I grew up listening to lead belly, sun house and all those Delta boys. I got soul but no rhythm 😐

[@_marcusmarinho]

@@willkoestner4159 rhythm is learnable

[@maryhay2398]

❤sweet goinEd beautiful h my how exciting 😢🎉❤❤❤

[@KaraFielding]

Watching him build a loop is fascinating and he's so damn good at it.

[@JoshStevenson]

The impressive part is that he gets all of the loops in a single pass, properly timed, and blending together properly so that it sounds like a full band. Yeah, it is just one guitar, and he isn't playing anything mind blowingly difficult, but he puts together so many different sounds that all go together amazingly. He takes one instrument and makes a band. I'll check out your channel to see what you can do with one guitar.

[@ahmutube9765]

Josh Stevenson it’s the great Ed Sheeran 😂

[@clementefu3306]

and a loop pedal ;) hehe

[@ColonelPaynus]

Properly timed??!? What fucking video we’re you watching. For how famous and successful he is, he’s surprisingly sloppy.

[@shyysutb]

@@ColonelPaynus So what is your problem with that lol?

[@9hk38f]

This is 90% just smoke and mirrors. 10% musical skill.

[@arizonamoore4810]

Very clever, 9 years ago. Today a big star that fills up stadiums. Was at his concert in Vienna yesterday. It was great! Well done, what a talent.

[@ambercharlotteex]

Just got this loop station yesterday for my birthday!

[@hbinitials7]

Which brand/model

[@TomMerson]

Looks like a Boss RC-20XL to me

[@chillingguy9979]

Hanh Bangsia it is an RC-20 but I recommend the RC-30 😉

[@ife-bunmiolaegbe8780]

@@chillingguy9979 Is the rc-30 or Rc-300 better? For singing, guitar and liver performance

[@menteejemplar2591]

Bumi go the rc 300 hundred is better but about twice the price

[@chrismarieee]

there's nothing cooler than seeing someone doing this kind of thing live though.

[@alexanderleeart]

i don't think I've ever seen anyone else get such clean rhythms with a loop pedal

[@alexanderleeart]

+timothy james it's more a matter of perfect timing. I don't think his equipment helps him out in that regard

[@rebeccachester8933]

I agree it's timing. I used to play around with the best equipment money could buy when I worked for a Pro Audio company... and this is still mind blowing.

[@timfischer3704]

timothy james the Loopings Station he uses, you get for around 200€

[@kevinyoung7294]

Alexander Lee havnt seen david ford then. state of the union for example.

[@emersoncooper2318]

Kevin Young damn I was just about to suggest the fantastic Mr Ford...

[@JohnWynne]

Incredible talent👌 he’s brought looping to the mainstream

[@RamMusicStudios]

He's playing a part of You Need Me I don't need you 😀🔥🔥

[@derrybland181]

I think he needs to do a lesson of this loop I cant stop listening to it its awesome

[@MHHMARCUSDK]

It’s actually quite simple. What isn’t simple, is combining all the layers in to one sound, if you get what I mean. It’s way harder than it looks - he isn’t playing anything super complicated on the guitar, but it is not easy at all to get it to sound right. One small timing/note screw up in just a single layer of the 6-7 layers he lays down here, and it’ll sound all fucked up. He truly is insanely talented, and has spent thousands of hours on the loop pedal.

[@ponyz100x]

I really liked this so much it sounded amazing :)

[@leinvardreyvan8582]

wow amazing I just discovered loop pedal and then I see a lotta great stuff and this is the best I've seen yet

[@timothymallon]

Damn you Ed Sheeran! You manage to do, what I have wanted to do for years, in a simple, single take! Maybe there's still hope!

[@torijohnson6139]

he's brilliant

[@jamminwithdarren]

Amazing looping skills!!! LOVE IT!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MyNameischantellee]

He's so good. Words can't explain his performance.

[@SEDANSORED]

yes they can.... "he has a lot of money and a lot of free time"

[@rebeccachester8933]

Utterly incredible

[@onzkicg]

Awesome. I have all the basic instruments in my house and can’t even do a good intro.. this guy just got one little guitar & does it all 😆

[@jorgejaramillo6874]

Totalmente extraordinario un gran compositor musico y cantante

[@gisseladiaz5309]

OMG! that was amazing!

[@Liverino]

that was incredible

[@makayla4433]

his voice is just so great. i just can't

[@maryhay2398]

🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢😢❤❤

[@mr.jonnyboi3412]

Very talented

[@The_Unintelligent_Speculator]

Superb. Just got the rc 300 cannot wait to jam the shit out of it

[@davidking7655]

With just an rc 30 and two channels this is awesomely cool

[@andredr_eas7433]

I see: I have to do another million tutorials like this one ... ... and then still have enough problems with my little looping station... What a genius in music, humor and sympathy !

[@EJames303]

Musical genius right there!

[@IrishDancer961]

Very good idea to give a tutorial!

[@fcentauri8]

Amazing

[@heavenwithin81]

I need to learn how to use one of these things!! I think Ive finally found how Im gonna do songs!

[@anna32268]

I want a loop pedal so bad! ed sheeran is awsome!

[@LilyChicharitoH]

He is so talented ! (:

[@REEDACT]

I've got the same pedal - it's a lot of fun but I'm not sure that the dual pedal RC30 is better than 2x singles. It offers quite a lot less options and is harder to work with realtime, but it's only like $50 cheaper than two solo's

[@brubarurno]

He's not a novice, he's a standard intermediate player, but what makes him different is the smart ways of using the knowledge he has on guitar, and make interesting sound combinations out of it.

[@haveaday1812]

“Standard intermediate player”…. He’s a made millions and become as famous as a musician can get. Get back to making my latte barista.

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

"Standard intermediate" 🤣🤣🤣

[@FerociousLopez]

Smooth stuff! I like to do the same thing mixing Spanish guitar and reggae, its in the video responses.

[@eldonmati]

I don't think the final product was that clean but watching this surely is a great experience!

[@emilyb8291]

His concerts are great! Go if you can. He's awesome

[@fabianvasquezjr8852]

It's called timing but now the pedals time stretch and quantize in real time so it's not as hard as it used to be with old school gear. Used to play over a tape echo loop,

[@mauguerrero]

no one is freaking about ed giving away his patek phillipe?!

[@mjwyatt9899]

Brilliant!

[@conorhalpin3362]

I’m getting one at Christmas !

[@alimcginley1]

HE. IS. AMAZING!

[@TheJebalo]

what loop machine do you use? if ya could message me with the details thatd be sick. i wanna start. this is inspiring!

[@Pooledogg]

This is a great song already!

[@chiara7587]

It actually is a song of his, he always build this beat when he plays it live

[@Pooledogg]

Rose Hathaway called?

[@hearingwindchimes]

You need me, i don't need you (live performance ones though. It is incredible live. )

[@Pooledogg]

must be just the live version then

[@tissueboxers]

holy shit he is so talented

[@killerjay13andAhalf]

@rabashibarabasha it's not the individual pieces that make him great, it's how he can put it together with ease. He is a one man band and studio with very little equipment or tools. Not to mention that he constantly improvises and changes up his songs, further expressing his talent. Any guitarist can practice scales for hours and hours and eventually master them. It takes a true musician to put together layers of basic sounds and make them sound extraordinary.

[@alterpercy6472]

exactly what I want to be able to do haha

[@justinjacob7621]

I wonder how he makes the guitar sound like that. Like the effects and the thumpyness.Wonder what his eq settings are.

[@DailyLifeWoongDang]

nice !!

[@EJames303]

Musical Genius.

[@scottswinton7843]

The tragedy is he probably deletes this after the demo, yet if I made this I’d be scared of losing the track lol!

[@Thandav0]

It's a loop he does as part of "You need me, I don't need you" live performances so he didn't really lose anything.

[@lukeobrien5160]

Every loop is ofcourse slightly different at every gig

[@Gamfam23]

I'm So glad Damien inspired him. :)

[@Bigwest92]

Remember when Ed Sheeran used RC 30 instead of his Chewie?

[@victoranchondo924]

Will the looper work with acoustic and electric guitar?

[@anahadvaidya8533]

Do they use bass amp, as the base of guitar can be heard clearly

[@rbaleksandar]

Sick...

[@aw7579]

What size do you think that guitar he is using? It looks smaller than a lot of other classical guitars.

[@noompsieOG]

RC 30 is all you really need, I use an RC 300 because I like to loop bridge sections and drop tracks in and out

[@mapedu79]

Ed

[@sadippers6168]

do you guys know if ed is plugging into an amp if so what amp is he using

[@pixilrealms5032]

wowowowowwowowowoowowowowowowowoowowowowowowowowow he so good dude

[@harrietp6241]

this is SICKKKKK

[@mrp3930]

thinks i'll sell my looper after seeing that hahaha....that was nuts

[@nationisaac6279]

any instrument store in your area, if they dont have one they willl most likely ask you if you would like them to order you one. They did that to me.

[@ZIAMAIZ]

Oh thats ma fav song u need me man i dont need u! Wooohoooo

[@dbrown10195b]

I hate a lot of the popular music crap, but there is no denying his talent

[@tenorsax18]

I quite listening to the radio for a week and what does Ed do he goes on my two favorite radio stations but I guess that's why there is KZbin.

[@ehoodfla438]

ed sheeran is the shit

[@Hejkn]

+EHOODFLA You´re the SHIT :)

[@ferwow22]

+Hakanes EM not sure if u readed well or jk xd

[@Freddie1M]

+Hakanes EM if your not familiar with calling someone "the shit", it's a compliment. It means really good, as opposed to shit.

[@Hejkn]

+FP ESS Ou. Then sorry man. I thought that he abuse him. I really didn't know this because my primary language is not ENG. Thanks for explaining :D

[@Freddie1M]

i thought you thought he was abusing him that's why i explained to you lol

[@lav3nd3r09]

You need me man, I don't need you.

[@nathanmallen]

the laugh track was really bothering me

[@zeizelwrick7461]

human from heaven

[@whocares1433]

hell yeah

[@ojibwayne2896]

Whoa, that's pretty damn good...but uhh, I'm not sure if any amount of my practice I'll ever be "that" good 😉 👍

[@LilyChicharitoH]

Ed Sheeran ♥ !!!

[@TheOpinionatedGuitarist]

Check out the TC electronices Ditto looper. It's super easy to use and has a lot of clarity as well. One switch that's it.

[@BrickMan3022]

Todd Hooper except the rc 30 has two tracks and mic input

[@Ghost9909]

Every single time I try to make a loop there’s a hitch in the loop where it repeats. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

[@TRObot98]

Actually, I think it's an rc-20xl. The rc-30 has two switches for volume, but the rc-20xl has knobs.

[@GG.SS.]

Certainly. It's BOSS RC-20XL. There is no YoYo or JoJo

[@hugoeiroa]

What Loop Station is he using?

[@cindycarlino813]

WOW!!

[@iswahono3603]

this explains the marks on his guitar

[@TeamBreezyWilliams]

Omfg I adoreeee his accent so much

[@gavinjwalsh]

Be My Husband by Nina Simone, listen to the version he did for the Warner Live Lounge, it's amazing.

[@rodolforibas]

Plays the guitar: “Oh I can do that” Takes the mic: “Oh yeah that’s Ed Sheeran”

[@PuraaneGaane]

Humble question: that works for a song which uses the same chord (2 or 4 or how many ever) progression. How does one use looper when chord progressions change, day from verse to chorus to back to verse and then to bridge, etc?

[@edlee3241]

Yeah, I was asking myself the same question, I think I will get myself a loop station and figure it out 😅

[@UhBreeVeeAyShuhN]

2:37 That's right... You are in the presence of a god.

[@DvanGinkel]

What pedal does he use?

[@arunkumarchandrasekaran2653]

not the best singer but the best musician and artist the industry has ever produced. for me.

[@edrian3485]

Yup best musican and artist in our millennial generation

[@atufts7753]

You better still not believe that he isn’t one of the best singers to this day

[@edrian3485]

@@atufts7753 well his singing is great but not the best, but his skill to make music was unbelievable

[@kikko422]

uuhhh... naaah

[@gabrielavelar7459]

Arun Kumar I totally agree, he’s not the best singer, but he the best artist i know hahaha

[@zozo6820]

WONDER WHAT VOCAL PROCESSOR HE IS USING

[@user-ar.asif.22]

Which kind of guitar he is using? Plz any one name🥰

[@ElineMannMusic]

How do you remember the order in which you recorded all the layers, in case you want to leave a few out for a few rounds and then add them back later on? And if not, the point is just to add and add more layers?

[@aarontrindorfer9682]

+Eline Mann Music I'm pretty sure the only way to remember your layers like that is to practice it and have it down until you know exactly what you want and can do it perfect every time. I just bought my RC-30 loop station which is what he is using in this video and the only way to remove tracks at all after they have been recorded is to "undo" and even then you can only take the last one that has been recorded. Even for that to work you have to have stopped the recording and started a new one. If you were in overdub mode it will take away everything you just did. The point is just to add and add, or add until you are happy with how it sounds. Its up to the musician to record their layers in a way that works for them

[@aarontrindorfer9682]

+Aaron Trindorfer Actually he is using a Boss RC-20xl which is slightly different but functions mostly the same

[@risebeforeending2561]

Ed sheeran u so fucking good

[@jimenezbeast2]

where can one discover the tab for this video?

[@davidclarke6016]

Anyone know what the white boss pedal is beside the loop pedal? you can only see it sometimes, but I'm wondering what kind of pedal it is?

[@TheOpinionatedGuitarist]

I believe the white pedal is a Boss tuner. The TU-3 is the newest model, I think. You can tune with it and when you turn it on it mutes your guitar as well, so you can change guitars or whatever.

[@zarasinger1201]

I like song

[@semmcstevenson]

Remarkable.... impressive. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Hendrix Clapton Page Beck Gilmour White Sheeran Grohl . No order.

[@NicolasACastillo]

What model does he have (loop station)?

[@jamesfarmer6878]

dude the original sheeeesh at 0:56

[@localppcartist]

Is that the BOSS RC 20?

[@RapWeasel22]

I have an RC-30 Loopstation and the main problem I'm having is not looping or guitar playing.. It's trying to make sure my tracks don't clip because beating on the guitar makes it too loud.. I'm plugging into an Alesis MultiMix 4 via USB straight into Logic Pro X.. My assumption is that it's the mini mixer I'm using but I'm not sure.. What would someone recommend for a broke person to do? Lol

[@sanjeeanand]

Try turn the gain to 9 o'clock on the Alesis multimix where the loop pedal is plugged into, keep the pan center, turn the High EQ between 10-12 o'clock and the low EQ between 1-3 o'clock. Then adjust the level to how loud you want it. Make sure you guitar volume is on full & that the loop volume matches with the volume of the guitar as you don't want to loop something that drowns out the guitar whilst being played on top of the loops. If you don't like the settings then try tweak them a little! :)

[@d_walsh]

What type of loop pedal was that