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Forum: "Teflon" Instruments and Musicians non-Stick Topic: "Good News/Bad News" misinformation |
| gpoorman |
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:47 am
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| You can't buy this kind of publicity and attention. |
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Forum: "Teflon" Instruments and Musicians non-Stick Topic: "Good News/Bad News" misinformation |
| gpoorman |
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:40 pm
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| In addition to what Rob said, I would also add this. While many of these tactics are frequently employed when one big faceless corporation are trying to market themselves favorably against another big faceless corporation. we know the face and the person behind the Stick. And yes, we also know the f... |
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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Trilian |
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:03 am
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| That was well put Brett, and it reminds me of an epiphany I had recently. I have used two of three different piano sims that have gotten very high marks. Indeed, they sound fantastic. I have an 88-key MIDI controller that has wood keys for that piano feel. Generally my mode of operation is to use th... |
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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Trilian |
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:45 pm
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| Spectrasonics has a really good reputation and they've been put into heavy use by a lot of soundtrack heavyweights including the likes of Hans Zimmer. The amazing thing about Trilian too is that all that bass (electric, acoustic, synth, etc) comes with a US price tag of about $275. It makes it reall... |
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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Trilian |
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:04 pm
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| Has anybody seen the new Trilian bass software instrument from Spectrasonics? This company has done some extremely impressive stuff in the past. I was just watching videos on their new bass product and was fairly blown away by the acoustic and electric basses. Then they surprised me with a Chapman S... |
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Forum: Equipment Topic: Midi question? |
| gpoorman |
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:38 am
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| I think you'll always find that using these devices to drive a standard MIDI device is going to be more "touchy" than driving the internal sounds. The Roland gear uses a proprietary technology to drive their own devices. To drive external devices, they need to do a conversion to MIDI. Hist... |
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Forum: Inspirations Topic: King Crimson |
| gpoorman |
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:43 am
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| Too many changes over the years to narrow down to one era. But since you're coming from a Stick player's forum, I would strongly suggest to start with Discipline and Beat and then start moving out in both directions. |
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Forum: "Teflon" Instruments and Musicians non-Stick Topic: I did laugh when I saw it. |
| gpoorman |
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:03 pm
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Let me guess ... another instrument 100% inspired by Jimmy Webster  |
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Forum: Announcements Topic: New album posted |
| gpoorman |
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:47 pm
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Replies: 5
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Welcome back John! I was wondering about you as well. Although I didn't really feel that unplugging from the world was out of character for you 
Listening to tracks now. So far I'm liking very much. |
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Forum: Inspirations Topic: I loved this tune...like in 6th grade. |
| gpoorman |
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:29 am
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| Yeah ... I think this is the third go around on this. If memory serves, the guy holding the Stick is indeed a player and is on this list. |
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