This mongo-cool video of Bob Culbertson — who by the way showed me the predecessor of the “MegBar” — has an animated background, as he plays on his unique “acoustic stick”.
I like the tone of this instrument better than the tone of a standard stick. What say you?
Bob Culbertson Acoustic Chapman Stick
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Russell Cushman has an interesting weblog on blogger called the Navasota Current — which relates to Navasota Texas where he apparently lives — and recently he put an outstanding post giving a review of Chapman Stick player Jim Kam.
Sample quote: “Once again, I’ll skip the rest, and just cover it with adjectives. Heavenly. Mesmerizing. Otherworldish. [...]
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“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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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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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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