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Stick Ambassador of Good Will?

f1xSTRM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:40 +0000

Greg Howard is a leading proponent of the Chapman stick. In fact, he's on the payroll and he is called the "ambassador of goodwill" and the public relations fellow.

You will never hear Greg Howard speaking enthusiastically about the Warr Guitar or the Megatar. He is an Emmet Chapman fan, all the way.

Other highly visible two-handed tapping musicians include Bob Culbertson, Stanley Jordan, and Tony Levin of the band King Crimson. Are they better players than Greg Howard? Hmmm.

Interlochen Update

f1xSTRM — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:42:01 +0000

2009 Interlochen Workshop signup extended to August 14, so sign up quick!

Over 20 signups but some room remains for those as are quick. Very quick.

New! On Megatar site … History of Emmett Chapman’s Stick

f1xSTRM — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:14:25 +0000

In Days of Yore, back before some touchstyle players were born, there was a Jimmie Webster and a Dave Bunker and others who experimented with two-handed tapping, and even developed methods of play. But none have gone so far and done so well as Emmett Chapman, whose development of the Stick instrument and his unique playing method have both enabled better and better two-handed tapping play.

His #1 Competitor, Mobius Megatar, pays homage to the pioneering develops of Mr. Chapman. Almost half of the instruments built and shipped out by Mobius Megatar are equipped with the unique "Inverted Fifths" tuning as developed by Chapman. See the website section regarding Chapman Stick tunings, and there learn the Chapman Stick, Design and Development by Emmett Chapman.

Mobius Megatar says, "Hail! Emmett Chapman!"

New Stick Enterprises Website!

f1xSTRM — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:03:15 +0000

Director of Pubic Relations for Stick Enterprises, Greg Howard, has recently posted to the Stickwire mailing list that the Stick Enterprises folks have set up a new webpage called Learn-Chapman-Stick.com.

The two-handed tapping technique was given a turbocharge of effectiveness when Emmett Chapman, a jazz musician, raised up the tuners of his home-made guitar and discovered that hands approaching the fretboard from each side had an easier time of playing notes. Sounds kind of simple, but it hugely made the two-handed tapping technique more effective.

The content of this website is only slightly similar to the Learn-Chapman-Stick website previously developed as a prototype by competitor Mobius Megatar, which appears to have served as a model to show Emmett Chapman another way to set up a public-service website.

Mobius Megatar is not affiliated with Mr. Chapman, Mr. Howard, nor the Stick Enterprises company in any way, other than flaming admiration for the surging developments of Chapman over the years in the fields of this new playing method and unique approaches to business operation.

Howard, the public relations director, touted as their "Ambassador of Good Will", says that the website provides a new location for links about learning the Free Hands method invented by Emmett Chapman, and using this method on the two-handed tapping instruments that are manufactured by Stick Enterprises of Woodland Hills, California.

According to Howard, he hopes to get things from other people to give away, and asks that people give them things that they can give away on the side..

"I'm also hoping," said Howard, "to include a listing."

There you have it. Another advance in the field of touchstyle music.