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James Bond on Eigenharp

f1xSTRM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:22:58 +0000

"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 ever made". One of my colleagues calls it more simply "a sci-fi bassoon".

New York Times: Adieu to Les Paul …

f1xSTRM — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:15:42 +0000

Lester William Polfuss, known as Les Paul (June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009) has passed away, leaving a giant's shadow upon the face of music and the art of the electric guitar ...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/13/arts/AP-US-Obit-LesPaul.html

Master Tapper Steve Adelson’s Ultimate Stick

f1xSTRM — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:22:35 +0000

Congratulations to Steve Adelson of New Yawk, for the recent publication of 'Ultimate Stick,' new instructional material for Chapman Stick, Warr Guitar, Mobius Megatar and other two-handed tapping instruments tuned in the 'Inverted-Fifths' tuning popularized by Emmett Chapman in the 1970's.

This is a further contribution from Steve Adelson, whose Stickology educational books was published last year by the Mel Bay company.

Congratulations, Steve, for making two-handed tapping and specialty tapping instruments better known to the world at large!