What do they call this?
 

What do they call this technique where a singer basically accompanies herself live?

YouTube - KT Tunstall "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" on Jools

YouTube - Feist - Sea Lion Woman (Paris)

"Looping." Or, that's what I would call it. Really fun! Takes a lot of skill to make it sound good, though.

Check out Zoe Keating... She is damned good at looping...

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I have nothing to add, except that Feist is so stinkin' cute.

Wonderful voice too.

I saw Feist way back in 2006 in Quebec City. She puts on a good show. I also saw her perform some songs with Broken Social Scene that same day.

Sir George and the Beatles called it "double-tracking".

I think double tracking is more of a in-studio recording term whereas looping is more of a live performance term.

BTW, guitar pedals that do the same thing are called loopers or loop pedals (which is practically what those artists are using on stage)

One of my favorites:

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I call it "fun as hell." :D

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Cute she is. I love watching her hammering the big azz guitar in the videos of her Trabendo session.

They say this video of her was shot in with one camera in one take - no cuts or edits. Some of you guys here probably can tell whether that is true or not.

YouTube - Feist - 1234 (Director's Version)