Does anyone have some great songs that you feel was supposed to be made for a Stick but it was recorded with a different instrument... Myself ( mainly being a bassist) i have transposed several classical type pieces for the bass and i am curious what you out there in Stick world have transposed or always thought should have been recorded with a stick.

Gnat

I'm having fun adopting guitar, and some piano literature for the stick. Currently working on another Andrew York piece called Chant. It is written in 2 close voices. I'm really liking the way it sounds, it sort of naturally matches plain & wound strings on both sides of the fretboard.

"No surprises" by Radiohead sounds very nice to my ears.

A lot of Mike Oldfield's mellower pieces are also a great fit for the Stick.

Cheers,
Andy

oh yes Mike oldfield... i was even thinking Vangelis... Chariots of fire i believe would sound awesome..

Vangelis recorded the soundtrack to "Opera Sauvage," a film by Frédéric Rossif. The first track, called "Hymne," works very well on the Stick. That track has been used a bit here in the US for television commercials.


Take care,

Paul

I just checked my history books and found that the Stick predates both Oldfield and Radiohead (still recommended though)!

Some parts of Bach's cello suites are relatively easy to play on Stick, even with one hand.

Cheers,
Andy

I think much of old and mid era (Then There Were 3 era) Genesis music is great for the Stick because much features interwoven acoustic guitars. At times 3 of them play acoustic guitars so it really lends itself to Stick two hand tapping.

I feel quite a lot of Silverchair music is great, so is any song by the Whitlams

I think a lot of the 1980's and 1990's classic video game music is perfect for stick. Aside from the fact that the Super Mario Stick is popular on You Tube, the old video games were often made with only three or four tracks.

Essentially you would have

1) Monophonic melody lead
2) Monophonic bass line
3) One monophonic note of harmony, often arpeggiated for chords
4) Occasional monophonic percussion, but often out of the way of arpeggios or bass lines to make it easier on the sound chip

Human Stick players have already done that and beyond already so I will look forward to learning video game soundtracks from my youth for Stick when I get one.

They were also a fairly blank sonic slate, being bloops and bleeps before samples came in later so adding amp tone and real strings on frets could take them in fun new directions.

Imagine the martial arts movie effect of the Street Fighter II soundtrack on Stick...Or the metal mayhem of Space Harrier...the thousands of side scrolling shooters...The blues jam of River City Ransom and the heavy funk of Toe Jam and Earl or Streets of Rage...

Ah the memories

I think some of the early baroque music written in the 16th / 17th century for theorbo would perfectly adapt to the stick. Both stringed instruments share the idea of combining the guitar (lute) and bass range, whereas the theorbo has unfretted open (and very long) bourdon strings.
Solo music for theorbo was written by e.g. Kapsberger, Piccinini, DeVisee (also Bach for archlute) and often features a melody voice with a (counterpoint) bass line.
When I got my new N/S stick I will explore more on this