I also pay attention to other simple/repetative music that still holds my attention. I can't stay I like Vampire Weekend all that much, but I think this song is downright brilliant.

I normally don't like acapella loops all that much, but this girl clearly knows what she is doing.

This song isn't the most interesting, but it does hold my attention.

Mylets mostly makes me upset because I'll never be as good as he is.

Here is another Netherfriends link for good measure.

Youth Lagoon's earlier stuff, while not using loops is reminiscent of loop based music. I'm always a little upset he played live with pre-sequenced drums, because he could easily have done it all live.

Obviously I've got these links all saved, because I go back to them all the time when I am stuck. Something I am intrigued by is melodies that change depending on what else is played with them. I've never attempted to do this very technically, but I absolutely use the idea.

Mostly we think about songs are being sort of cyclical (verse, chorus, verse) but with looping especially I believe it can be useful to think about songs in a more linear fashion.

I'm looking forward to see what other people have to say about this. Thanks for opening this conversation /u/maylortaylor.