Posted on November 15th, 2009 by f1xSTRM
“When a bass-player or guitar-player first encounters a dedicated two-handed tapping instrument, his past training predisposes him to think of problems.
“And perhaps these problems he thinks about do not really exist …”
In this interesting article in the ownline ArticlesBase directory, Traktor Topaz shares some interesting insights from the point of view of a bass player [...]
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Posted on November 14th, 2009 by f1xSTRM
From LinkFilter.Net
“Does anyone remember the Chapman Stick? This is like that, from the 21st century digital age.
It looks like something played by the alien musicians in the bar in Star Wars. It can be made to sound like it too.
This is the Eigenharp – described by its developers as “the most expressive electronic musical instrument [...]
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Posted on November 13th, 2009 by f1xSTRM
Greg Howard has sent out a message about Fred-Tap. He says, “Just a reminder for anyone in the DC, MD or Central/Eastern Virginia area. The FredTap Seminar and Concert are this weekend. It’s not too late to
register for the seminar, and if you just want to come to the concert, it’s on Saturday night.”
The scheduled [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by f1xSTRM
On November 1, 2009, Mr. Paul Walters made an interesting post on the New York Times website. Mr. Walters apparently is a lifelong classical vocalist, and he’s known around here more because he’s a longtime performer on the Chapman Stick.
Apparently his 12-year-old son began playing RockBand — a type of game with a controller that [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by f1xSTRM
Spectrasonics Company announces they have published their “total bass module,” which is called the Trilian total bass module. Eric Persing, who is the founder of Spectrasonics, says “our very first product was the best-selling bass legends sample library. Then in 2002, we introduced trilogy — the world’s first bass virtual instrument. Now we are pleased [...]
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