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Author:  Shedua511 [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:36 am ]
Post subject:  Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Here's a video featuring yours truly playing a graphite Grand :)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZp0nBCCTOo[/youtube]

It was filmed in a beautiful room in Ariccia, near Rome. Eisabeth is a wonderful singer/songwriter from Boston, living in Italy.
She put together a band to launch her new CD, Polishing Stones, and we played a concert and recorded two videos. It was a very nice experience and a good challenge: I had to learn 14 songs in ten days, 5 of which on Stick, the rest on fretless bass!

The stick part in the video is not originally played by me though: that line was written and recorded by my friend Filippo De Laura, a wonderful multi-instrumentalist who also plays the Stick very well!
He's living between Rome and New York: if you're in NY you should really get in touch with him, he's such a great musician!!! wonderful on percussion, drums, guitars, Stick, vocals and a lot of weird instruments... and the sweetest guy you'll ever meet too! He's new in town, would be very happy to get in touch with "the locals"
https://www.facebook.com/filippo.delaura?ref=ts&fref=ts
Author:  rulyongo [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
sounds great!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Author:  numbersix [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Francesco, this video just goes to prove what a wonderful instrument we all play - this sounds perfect in an acoustic setting.
A friend of mine is putting together a band to do some acoustic based music and has asked me to play bass for him - after seeing this I'm taking my Stick along instead, it's going to fit in just fine, maybe I'll show him the song to prove it!

Regards,

-Marc-
Author:  Shedua511 [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Couldn't agree more! It seems like a paradox, but the Stick sounds very "acoustic".
I've played it a lot in this kind of settings, it's a great match to acoustic guitars, pianos and vocals (I've done quite a few duets with stick and voice).
Personally I find it works better in an acoustic setting then in the classic prog-rock format, but that's just me ;)
Author:  nashorn [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Very nice!
But there's too much guitars and not enough Stick in the Video! ;-)
Author:  grozoeil [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Congrats for that video, hope you'll all get some recognition with that project, you deserve it!
Author:  ToxiNN [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Great playing man! Everything really blends together nicely in this tune.
Author:  Alain [ Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Strange frets on Matts Hedberg's guitar...never seen that before. Beautiful music
Author:  grozoeil [ Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
At first, it looked like a microtonal guitar, but I think it should be a kind of Feiten system to simply have a perfect intonation on eahc string.
Author:  Shedua511 [ Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Elisabeth Cutler, Polishing Stones
Mats guitar uses the True Temperament fret system: it is true to the natural intervals and makes the guitar sound more in tune
here's a link: http://www.truetemperament.com/

I just received a video with an interview with Elisabeth and some excerpts from the concert in Ariccia: the first live song is with the Stick, and this time it's me playing! The rest of the songs are all fretless bass. Hope you enjoy it!

https://www.vimeo.com/125635683
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