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Emergency gig essentials

Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:01 pm

by DaveS (Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:01 pm)

Wow. Sorry to hear about the bleeding. I also keep a small first aid kit in my gig box - I think I got it at one of the local drug stores for something like $0.50 - real cheap.

To add to your list - I would keep a spare cable, even if it's a Hosa insert type cable in case something happens to your primary cord. I also keep a spare power cord in case I forget the one that goes to the amp, etc.
Oh - and a towel. One of the necessities in this universe.....

Dave

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Hey Oceans!

Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:52 am

by giedosst (Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:52 am)

Hey Oceans!

I'm sorry, I just matched the voice to the name and face, duh! Anyway, I lovr ypur music man! Its nice to hear something so refreshing. Anyway, could you elaborate on your method of composition and what you do or don't think about when you compose, who you listen to etc... I'm caught in an AABA rut and your music is a breath of fresh air! I also noticed you said you used a magicstomp, so do I! Do you make your own pathes? Would you be interested in trading some patches? Can you also elaborate on how you use the stomp, what side you use it on etc... Thanks for all your help with ordering my Grand and I will let you know how the contact cleaner thing goes.

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Portable external (USB) sound cards

Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:35 am

by mike.hoegeman (Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:35 am)

Thanks for the link andy, Looks promising...
both inputs seem go to 1MOhm.
In the end i've found you just have to try them to be sure.
sometimes the pre-amps are not up to snuff. but emu has
a pretty good reputation..

adde65 wrote:

How about this, it's E-MU and USB-specific:

http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?product=15185

Cheers,
Andy

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online audio project

Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:31 am

by greg (Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:31 am)

rob5280 wrote:

Thank you to anyone who submitted a tone! There was over a hundred visits this past weekend and the Tonograph 'song' now has 25 notes submitted to it. I have clarified the submission process after some feedback. I am hoping to get 75 more by December to start to see and hear any trends.

I greatly appreciate the participation from such a talented group. Thanks again!

Rob

Very cool, Rob. how hard would it be to add a third axis for timbre.... ?

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International counselors at Gravity Lounge 11-23

Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:27 am

by greg (Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:27 am)

Just a bump. Music starts at 7:00...

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New vid - Jam for StickFest 2006

Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:28 am

by greg (Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:28 am)

gpoorman wrote:

Man! What a fun jam! You were definitely hitting a "zone" by that time.

What a fantastic day that was all the way around. Stick performances from around noon until around 10:00 at night. I think my favorite moment was looking out and realizing that Emmett drew the largest crowd that night. Pretty much a sea of people down Liberty St.

Glenn

Hi Glenn (and Walter),

Thanks for the kind comments. I remember changing for my set in a building down the street, with the window open and hearing Gary Jibilian just tear it up!, but you are right, Emmett stole the show, and there was a great crowd.

Michigan is a kind of locus for the Stick world, thanks to you and Oz. Great memories.

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Stick night LA

Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:12 pm

by Oceans (Posted Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:12 pm)

Greetings,

Sticknight 08 was super fun! I am quite honored to have played alongside such amazing Stickist. The people who showed up were all very interested and attentive.
The sound quality for most of the night was pretty darn good, and clear. I played through Emmett's bose system and it ruled. Normally my tone sounds way different live and this time it was pretty close to the sound use at home. I used a magicstomp and an addrenalinn for most effects and they worked out well. I didn't trainwreck any loops too bad so that was a relief. The funny part is I can't rememeber how or what I played! I really spaced out in (I hope) a good way. Like I was not even there during the performance. Maybe it was like a %5 out of body experience or something? I bet ya'll kinda know what I mean.
Anyway, the players each had an interesting approach to the Stick. It was a great reminder that creativity is truly unbound. I thank everybody who was involved, and appreciated this oppurtunity.

P.S- I was previously on Stickist as hypnologist. Now that email stopped working so I had to start over I guess.

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Stick Night in L. A. Nov 16!

Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:10 pm

by BSharp (Posted Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:10 pm)

There are two discussions about last Sunday's Stick Night on two different sections of this forum, with two spectacular reviews that I must respond to, twice.

Thanks to Kevin for a most complimentary and insightful review of all the artists. I especially appreciate his words directed my way, gratifying to this musician's soul.

The same applies to Larry's review, which I'll respond to on this forum's "Chapman Stick" section.

When two such mild mannered individuals are inspired to such high words of praise, then it must have been an excellent show.

I had a great time, playing as well as listening to:

- Ben's uniquely original sense of harmonic adventure with flowing harp like arpeggios.
- Larry and violist Novi with a rock solid classical approach to composition and light hearted orchestration.
- Don and his drummer Neil Bettencourt drawing from rich rock and funk traditions.
- Kevin's vocal style, his Stick sound (mostly in the fingers), and some kind of an overall natural polish.
- Gary "the lion" and his drummer Jay Setar in a wild discipline - the tightest and most complex of grooves.

The "round robin" format seems great for a Stick Night" with just the right amount of appreciation and anticipation by audience and musicians alike. The stage monitors were turned off and we all brought our own stage gear and amplification. The room sound was full and resonant. My brother Dan and his son Dean videotaped. My daughter Diana introduced each act, setting the mood each time. Kyle the sound engineer was willing and capable to make it all work for live sound and video. The venue was local and Teresa want us back on a Friday night next time.

So what more could you want? Oh yeah, I want more!

Emmett

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Rane SP 13 Stick Preamp for sale

Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:14 pm

by sturges (Posted Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:14 pm)

Hi all,

Making some changes to my studio, I've decided to part with my Rane SP 13 Stick Preamp.

Purchased new directly from Stick Enterprises, it's in great condition having never left my studio. Included are manual and original box.

Stick Enterprises web site still lists the SP 13, but it's been removed from the price list.

http://www.stick.com/accessories/sp13/

Some info from Glenn Poorman
http://www.poorman.ws/detroitstick/words/articles/sp13/

Info from Greg Howard
http://www.greghoward.com/profile/gear/

$300 or best offer - contact me directly at:

jason@jasonsturges.com

It's an amazing box, and I hope to find it a good home amongst the Stick community.

All the best!

Jason Sturges

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Rob Martino in Rocky Mount NC Nov. 21

Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:51 am

by greg (Posted Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:51 am)

robmartino wrote:

Hi everyone,

Don't remember if any folks here are in this area, but I'll be playing a 1.5 to 2 hour set at Java Motts Coffee House this Friday Nov 21, 8 - 10 pm.

Bringing the effects pedals with me! (have to pad out the time somehow)

Hi Rob,

Great to see you playing to an expanding circle of listeners. Your performance at FredTap was really great. Transferring video from FredTap today. how did the audio turn out?

Safe Travels and...

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Larry Tuttle on the Al Jarreau Christmas CD

Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:03 am

by evilgus (Posted Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:03 am)

Awesome, will check it out for sure!

EG

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Boxberger loves ebay

Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:16 pm

by tritone (Posted Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:16 pm)

secondfiddle wrote:

Granted Mr Boxberger's prices are a little-lot inflated on ebay should not be a referance to his well being or marital state tritone. Stop being a pig and just practice.

Fiddle.

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NAMM and another Stick Night?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:53 am

by Lee Vatip (Posted Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:53 am)

Just found out, I've been invited to be part of a trio for some spontaneous jams at NAMM.
The group which came together by accident last year will be yours truly on Stick with Danny Gottlieb on drums and Jeff Berlin on bass. If you're coming to NAMM check out this interesting combo.

Steve A

(will there be a Stick Night at NAMM?)

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Santana in Guitar Player

Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:13 pm

by EricTheGray (Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:13 pm)

Trevor wrote:

Hello friends,

I know this isn't Stick oriented directly, but there is a fantastic interview with Carlos Santana in Guitar Player Magazine concerning musicality, inspiration and such.

Thanks, Trevor. I'm going to go find that. I actually haven't read that mag in a long time. I used to subscribe in my early guitar playing days. Man, that was a long time ago.

-Eric

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10 String graphite Stick with Roland GK-2A midi

Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:23 pm

by Elf13oy (Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:23 pm)

I'm very interested, i'll send you a pm with some information

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Fishman SoloAmp

Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:30 am

by StickJan (Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:30 am)

Couldn´t agree more. Jack Campbell has done lots of dumb things. I´m on Fishman´s side on this one. And what´s new, really? Yamaha did this type of products 20 years ago.... Just slightly heavier and bigger.....

//J

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joni mitchell...

Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:28 am

by nig (Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:28 am)

Hi All, 3 months into playing my sb8, I now find its a pick up and play instrument, not an instrument with alien concepts as it first was, but my main way of learning has always been by osmosis and jamming, I was taught properly many moons ago but now love to play by ear, anyway, I put on 'turbulent indigo' and found the pace and structures of joni's songs perfect for stick noodling, so I would love to know what do you guys use for jamming along to and inspiration ?

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Stick in Boston?

Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:26 am

by v015eyjd (Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:26 am)

I currently live in NJ but am originally from the suburbs north of the city. All my family and friends are still there and I make the trip back several times per year. I'm expecting to be in town on Saturday the 19th of December. My time will be somewhat limited, but you haven't hooked up with someone else by then and you're not too far away, maybe we can work something out.

Jim

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Frank Zappa

Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:51 pm

by giedosst (Posted Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:51 pm)

Well I was was just over at http://www.somethingawful.com and I have to say they are the exact opposite of this site. Believe it or not this got me banned there. I'm sure Ill get some answers here thought.

jazzstick
Nov 10, 2008

I first heard of Frank Zappa while I was going to music school. I had met and grown very close to one of the many drummers I played with at the time. I had come from a very liberal east coast background and he from a Conservative Midwest. While we where from opposite parts of the country we had a love for music that was exactly the same. We often had many a long discussions on composers and musicians we liked. My drummer friend was a huge Zappa fan and did one of the nicest thing anybody ever did for me which was play me Apostrophe.Over-nite Sensation and this opened the flood gates to Frank Zappa. I got my hands on as much of his music as I could find. For the last three years he has dominated my listening but the first time that Zappa really made a light bulb go off in my head was when I really digested the "You Are What You Is" album, more specifically on the track, "Dumb All Over". I would say that that tune killed any lingering shreds of faith in religion and mankind. After this and reading his biography over 10 times, I have grown to love Frank Zappa both as a deliciously weird human being, composer and secular Humanist. He has change my whole point of view on music and will always be my favorite composer! What have you experienced?

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pickup interchangeability advice please!!! (grid mod)

Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:31 am

by Bulwinkl (Posted Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:31 am)

Thanks for all the advise and thand response.
I did call SE on the phone and we had a nice conversation with all questions answered!

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Fredericksburg, Virginia - Tap Guitar Night - November 8th

Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:50 pm

by robmartino (Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:50 pm)

To make it easier to get updates and reminders about future FredTap events, I've added a simple mailing list signup to the page:

http://fredtap.com

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Genesis 1970-1975

Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:39 pm

by twizzle (Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:39 pm)

Ohhh! That sounds good. I used to be really into the Gabriel Genesis years. Fav albums were Selling England by the pound and Lamb. Haven't played either for years now as I only have them on vinyl and my record player hasn't been up and running for a decade.

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Concert: Popo Romano & Gustavo Zecharies November 15th 2008

Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:54 am

by greg (Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:54 am)

thewildest wrote:

Dear all: I guess the place and the short notice may be a little challenging, but you never know...one or some of you may be in the neighborhood.

I have been honoured to be invited to play with the incredible bassist Popo Romano (http://www.poporomano.com) in Montevideo / Uruguay, on November 15th 2008, at the "Sala Zitarrosa" (18 de Julio 1012), at 9:00PM

Popo will play with his band and have two or three tunes just played in dua with me. There is an example of what we did about 2 years ago at (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RBEsNbDDbw).

Thank you!

Gustavo

Hi Gustavo,

It's a nice combination with the two of you. I hope you get to record some more tomorrow.

Have a great concert.

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Inspiration/ Transcendence

Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:23 pm

by Trevor (Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:23 pm)

Yeah, we have to have balance. Theory and practice are a necessity for growth, but we can still incorporate the "flow" playing into practice by taking a scale structure and instead of going do re mi up and down we can just improvise using all of the notes of a scale. So the scale is not just learned it starts to become a part of you- you put your own stamp on it. Same with chords- just jam out on whatever chord or rudiment you are least comfortable with until it get's into the "finger memory" a little better. Emmett hit on this in Free Hands. Maybe Charlie Parker summed it up with “You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” The bottom line is you get out of it what you want to get out of it.

Thank you very much for your comments and ideas.

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need a stick - want to trade my vintage stuff

Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:17 pm

by Bulwinkl (Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:17 pm)

I'd want to trade one or more of my vintage guitars for one ore more sticks )
I already have the Grid, which is a midi-specific stick with 10 0.13 strings and all the tunings inside a midi unit without which it just won't work (It has no acoustic pickup).
So, I'm looking for a more traditional instrument. Or even two. Better two. Stick, Grand stick, Sb8, maybe NS Stick as well. No Alto and no Sg12. The amount of strings is not really that important. Hard case and midi are desirable, but not that necessary. Wood preferred over graphite or polycarbonate. additional payment possible both ways.

Now to the most interesting stuff: What can I offer?
No reissues!!
they're all 100% playable and sound, but some of them are resprayed, some have unoriginal electronics and some have been repaired, which is common for instruments of that age. Of course if there's something like that it lowers the way I value it. So if you're interested in any of these instruments, make me know and I will provide the pics, price and the details, if there are any. They are for sale, but I'd REALLY prefer to trade.

here goes the brief list of the model and the year:

Gretsch Country Gentleman 1970
Gretsch Corvette 2-pickup version 1960
Dean Z 1981
Dean ML Baby Blueburst 1983
Gibson ES 125 TDC 1964
Gibson ES 335 1963
Gibson ES 150 1970
Gibson ES 355 1972
Gibson ES 175 1982
Gibson SG special late 1960s
Gibson SG Melody maker 12 str 1965
Gibson Les Paul 1971
Gibson Les Paul Junior 1959
Fender Telecaster Thinline 1973
Fender Telecaster 1969
Fender Stratocaster 1974 (very light)
Fender Electric 12 1965
Aria pro2 12 str 1965-1966

Best regards
Dima

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Five clips Michigan Firefly club

Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:53 pm

by MichNS (Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:53 pm)

The last one, the Methany tune "Phase Dance" is now up with Steve Osburn on Djembe.

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New CD Feature: Transcendence by Trevor Stewart

Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:02 am

by greg (Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:02 am)

Hi Everyone,

There's a new Featured CD up at stick.com. Trevor Stewart's latest disc, Transendence, is a great addition to the growing body of work by distinctive Stick soloists. And, along with Bob, Nick Beggs and Kevin Keith, it's also a really great example of the sound of the ACTV-2 in action. Really nice playing and arrangements/interpretations/compositions.

Congratulations on this disc, Trevor, and thanks for the great music!

Review here: http://www.stick.com/features/cd/

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BB King and other funny stuff

Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:41 pm

by grozoeil (Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:41 pm)

And a real, I think, extract from an Elvis Presley show. Hilarious! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar3LJnDErX8

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Fun Band using SB8 - El Espíritu de Lúgubre

Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:38 am

by heartstrings (Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:38 am)

Man, that was cool. What a strong presence the SB8 had while allowing the other instruments adequate space. These guys are excellent at setting up rich textures with their instruments. Thanks for the link, Greg!

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Positions, How you wear your Stick

Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:04 am

by donnercruz (Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:04 am)

At the Santa Cruz Stick Seminar, there was one guy who had removed his belt hook, replaced it with a small piece of wood with two guitar strap buttons and used a slider strap to wear his stick. Pretty interesting concept, though with the neck strap, he had a lot of straps going. Seemed really adjustable and comfortable though.

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