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Bass!!! Also learning guitar, and, when I was younger, I was taught to play a flute (I think I have to come back to it - Jethro Tull rules! )
I wish I could play Chapman sick, I would be probably the first person in Poland playing it, and probably the first woman ever to do it... Amazing sound. And I have much more problems with my right hand (I wish I could clang well) than with taking right notes with the left one. And playing Chapman stick, you have to have "two left hands" !
I wish I could play Chapman sick, I would be probably the first person in Poland playing it, and probably the first woman ever to do it... Amazing sound. And I have much more problems with my right hand (I wish I could clang well) than with taking right notes with the left one. And playing Chapman stick, you have to have "two left hands" !
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A short definition from The Elephant Talk KC website FAQ:
"The Stick, invented by Emmett Chapman, is a 10 or 12-stringed guitar-like electrical instrument designed for two-handed tapping. Stick Enterprises can be reached at stick at earthlink dot net. Their Web page can be found at: http://www.stickent.com/
Stickwire, the e-mail newsletter for Stick players and for those curious about the Stick has its Web page at: http://clever.net/stick/stickwire. Stickwire itself is currently running, but not in digest form. "
One of the first brave people to play this terribly complicated instrument was Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Tony Levin Band). In KC he was replaced by Trey Gunn (who also played with Sylvian and Sunday All Over the World, as well as with his own bands).
Here's Tony Levin playing Chapman stick:
Pretty scary, huh ?
"The Stick, invented by Emmett Chapman, is a 10 or 12-stringed guitar-like electrical instrument designed for two-handed tapping. Stick Enterprises can be reached at stick at earthlink dot net. Their Web page can be found at: http://www.stickent.com/
Stickwire, the e-mail newsletter for Stick players and for those curious about the Stick has its Web page at: http://clever.net/stick/stickwire. Stickwire itself is currently running, but not in digest form. "
One of the first brave people to play this terribly complicated instrument was Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Tony Levin Band). In KC he was replaced by Trey Gunn (who also played with Sylvian and Sunday All Over the World, as well as with his own bands).
Here's Tony Levin playing Chapman stick:
Pretty scary, huh ?
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Tony Levin is a maniac.
Some friends of mine went to see Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe back in high school (that's the reformed classic Yes line-up for those who don't know) and Tony Levin was playing bass.
Now...Mr. Levin doesn't use a pick (obviously) but Chris Squire (Yes' bass player) did. In order to simulate the attack of a pick, Mr. Levin apparently taped popsicle sticks to his fingers.
Tony Levin is a SERIOUSLY under-rated musician, I feel.
Some friends of mine went to see Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe back in high school (that's the reformed classic Yes line-up for those who don't know) and Tony Levin was playing bass.
Now...Mr. Levin doesn't use a pick (obviously) but Chris Squire (Yes' bass player) did. In order to simulate the attack of a pick, Mr. Levin apparently taped popsicle sticks to his fingers.
Tony Levin is a SERIOUSLY under-rated musician, I feel.
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That's why I love him !mosespa wrote:Tony Levin is a maniac.
He still experiments with such things... For example, KC's great song "People" used to be played live by him with very long sticks taped to his fingersmosespa wrote: Now...Mr. Levin doesn't use a pick (obviously) but Chris Squire (Yes' bass player) did. In order to simulate the attack of a pick, Mr. Levin apparently taped popsicle sticks to his fingers.
It's seems that there are no limits for him. He should write a book "10000000000 freaky ways in which you can play bass and still sound great"....
You're 100% rightmosespa wrote:Tony Levin is a SERIOUSLY under-rated musician, I feel.
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Is he really underrated? Most people I know and who know Tony think of him as a great bassplayer. So do I, I love his work with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel and with Bozzio-Levin-Stevens (don't know if this is the right order...).mosespa wrote:Tony Levin is a SERIOUSLY under-rated musician, I feel.
btw I play classical and other guitars and recently I found (!) a fretless bass so now I have 2 basses as well. I also think of the computer as an instrument which I play. I don't have any of my music on line but is there any chance of hearing anything on the net by any of you? I recently listened to Skewed Perception and that was nice getting to know what some people are up to.
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If you are anything like remotely into reggae, you could go to http://www.humanrites.com and download some music from the latest demo by a reggae band i'm playing in.rosm wrote:I don't have any of my music on line but is there any chance of hearing anything on the net by any of you?
As for my other project, I'm still busy designing some sort of website to make some music available, if i'm ready I'll let you know.
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I've seen Tony play live with King Crimson twice and Peter Garbriel 3 times. Also, same goes for Bill Bruford (Bill is to drums what Tony is to Bass). Fantasitic shows. After you see professional musicians like Gabriel, Brufford, Belew, Levin, Zappa, Vai, Fripp.... you can never watch bands same. Seeing them made me more critical of ... yes ... Floyd. When I saw them in 94 it was great, but it certainly was not of the musicianship of the guys I list above (and I'm sure many more).Anna-Roza wrote:That's why I love him !mosespa wrote:Tony Levin is a maniac.
He still experiments with such things... For example, KC's great song "People" used to be played live by him with very long sticks taped to his fingersmosespa wrote: Now...Mr. Levin doesn't use a pick (obviously) but Chris Squire (Yes' bass player) did. In order to simulate the attack of a pick, Mr. Levin apparently taped popsicle sticks to his fingers.
It's seems that there are no limits for him. He should write a book "10000000000 freaky ways in which you can play bass and still sound great"....
You're 100% rightmosespa wrote:Tony Levin is a SERIOUSLY under-rated musician, I feel.
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I'll put it this way...I feel that Tony Levin is ten times the musician that Eddie Van Halen is.rosm wrote: Is he really underrated?
Eddie Van Hales is ten times (at least) as well known as Tony Levin.
Maybe that's not the same thing as being under-rated, but that's was I was getting at.
Sadly, the only way I can share my music with other people right now is through MSN messenger. But it's better than nothing.rosm wrote:I don't have any of my music on line but is there any chance of hearing anything on the net by any of you? I recently listened to Skewed Perception and that was nice getting to know what some people are up to.
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Reggae is not really my cup of tea but I also listened to the Dub side of the moon so why not give your music a try. I don't know much (about) reggae but this is better than UB40 (I know that they don't play real reggae..).ganaffe wrote:...If you are anything like remotely into reggae, you could go to http://www.humanrites.com and download some music from the latest demo by a reggae band i'm playing in...