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got my hands on that brufurd/levin "upper extremities" the other day - very nice in a prissy castrated 70's miles / alex lifeson plays nomeansno instrumentals kinda way. did strike me as wonkly enough tho'. what else?

― bob snoom, Saturday, 8 February 2003 17:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

search: Trey Gunn's playing on The First Day and Damage by David Sylvian / Robert Fripp. I attended their New York Beacon performance in the fall of 93 and Gunn's ability to lay melodies on top of his own grooving bass lines completely astounded me. His playing was flawless, completely right for the music, and he easily stole the attention away from the more well established artists in the band. There is a video available of the group from a show in Japan from that same tour. I highly recommend seeking that one out. Gunn's smooth facility on this complex instrument is very impressive.

destroy: the unfortunate regression of King Crimson 1994-present...Gunn's obvious talents are wasted in this group.

― bahtology, Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

S: Saqqara Dogs!
also Mumbles / Drowning Pool

― summerslastsound, Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

On a trip to San Francisco, about 12-13 years ago, I watched a guy named Daniel Kane playing Chapman stick on the street. I liked his music enough to buy his tape, and still have it and enjoy it. The vocabulary is pretty smooth-jazz oriented, but there's something about hearing it played on the stick, solo, that works for me.

― Phil (phil), Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

BLUE MAN GROUP - "Mandelgroove" (they use a bow instead of just fingering the notes)

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Also "PVC IV" uses some of the higher-register notes near the end

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 8 February 2003 18:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

has anyone ever smashed a Chapman stick a la Pete Townsend?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 8 February 2003 19:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

Search: Tony Levin
Destroy: Trey Gunn

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

Search: "Sledgehammer," utterly funky stick playing

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHAPMAN STICKS ARE EEEEVIL!!!

― kate, Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Search: Tony Levin
Destroy: Trey Gunn
Alex, please give specifics to your reasoning?

― meg d, Saturday, 8 February 2003 22:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Well, when you've got Tony Levin in your band, why would you need anyone else? When King Crimson re-formed as the 'double trio' (and, really, what a flawed concept), Trey Gunn's masturbatory chapman thwacking just cluttered up the sound. Levin's the master.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 8 February 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

i've never really seen or heard of these things before, but after checking out the site http://www.stick.com, it totally reminds me of the stuff Stanley Jordan does with one and two guitars.

it's a pretty nerdy instrument

― JasonD (JasonD), Sunday, 9 February 2003 03:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

psychic tv - catalan

― stirmonster, Sunday, 9 February 2003 07:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

'Sledgehammer' isn't Chapman stick, it's Tony Levin playing on a bass with the tips of drumsticks strapped to his fingers.

― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 9 February 2003 09:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

I would agree that Levin is a stellar player. His extensive amount of session work proves that all in it's own. And I would also agree that the 6 man lineup of KC was a flawed concept (but, on more thorough listening, I think you will find that the true masturbatory cluttering was mainly due to Bruford's need to show off his chops with little sympathy towards the actual music that was being made by the others). Gunn acted more as a third guitarist (so techniquely he cluttered up the space with Belew as Fripp was blissfully adding his soundscapes)while Levin handled the bass playing.
Gunn is a good player who truly utilizes the Stick to it's fullest capabilities. As bahtology so aptly pointed out, his ability to play melody lines while still laying down the bass parts is of a very high caliber.
I would not only judge him on what he has done with that dinosaur band. I would cite his first solo album 1000 Years, as well as his contributions to Sunday All Over The World, Toni Child's This Woman's Boat, John Paul Jones' Thunderthief, David Rice's Green Electric, and most impressively, his work with Sylvian and Fripp during the early nineties. There are others I could mention that are equally good, all a much better case to make for Gunn as a top notch player, all much more musical than the noisefests that KC has put forth in recent years.

― meg d, Sunday, 9 February 2003 13:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

six years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH9fBAxnYUA

― scott seward, Friday, 4 September 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link

I saw Bruce Cockburn in the late 1980s (around the time of "If I Had A Rocket Launcher") and he had a Stick player handling the bass and keyboard parts at once. Pretty tastefully done too.

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 4 September 2009 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link

SAQQARA DOGS HELL YEAH

I don't really like nu-King Crimson but the show I saw in '95 with the 6-person lineup was some fine stuff.

― sleeve, Saturday, 5 September 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link

this thread is beautiful

― kamerad, Saturday, 5 September 2009 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link

six months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlfj1q97q4

― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 4 April 2010 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link

one month passes...

tony levin's new band Stick Men...features not one but TWO chapman sticks!

http://www.thecedar.org/events/staycation/2010/05/16/stick-men-featuring-tony-levin-pat-mastelotto-and-michael-bernier

― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 14 May 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link

kittyhawk had two sticks. check the clip above.

― scott seward, Friday, 14 May 2010 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link

they should tour together

― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 14 May 2010 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link

Need a band with two Chapman Sticks, two Moog Guitars, and two Eigenharps.

― he speak the frenche as the Frenches himselves (snoball), Friday, 14 May 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link

kinda can't believe there's a youtube of that perf shasta posted. unreal.

― Limp Bizkit Virtual Raping Teddy Bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link

one year passes...

http://i41.tinypic.com/29f8rxi.png

― owenf, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link

http://i42.tinypic.com/24wswt0.png

― owenf, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link

http://i41.tinypic.com/a2d4ra.png

― owenf, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link

http://tinypic.com/r/1zoajqs/5

― owenf, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link

http://i40.tinypic.com/jkefr6.png

― owenf, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link

http://i41.tinypic.com/1zoajqs.png

― owenf, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:21 (twelve years ago) link

Andrew Prince totally pulling it off. As is Bob Culbertson.

― owenf, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:22 (twelve years ago) link

two years pass...

indeed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbdmzIVRNxs

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 July 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV0Ae-PNzB8&list=PL929FF225E4ABC200&index=1

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 July 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6QSCLdqRs

― Οὖτις, Friday, 25 July 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link

dogg come with The Stick or the Levin outta this thread

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 July 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFuzRYOExD0

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 July 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link

Charlottesville, VA has its own Chapman Stick king, dig it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCXjEIQANes

― grandavis, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link

dogg come with The Stick or the Levin outta this thread

? BKF exclusively plays the Stick what is yr problem

― Οὖτις, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link

he doesn't respect the Stick lifestyle imo

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link

or wait I guess that is a Warr Guitar? idk the difference

― Οὖτις, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link

flip-flopping smdh...#ThanksChapmanStickObama

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 July 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link

Hah! That Greg Howard Beatles cover is kinda cool actually, but dude does some weird (not always in a good way) jazz fusion stuff around town too. His band is called Azul, which is pretty much what a groovy jazz fusion band in 2014 is gonna be called.

― grandavis, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link

he doesn't respect the Stick lifestyle imo

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, July 25, 2014 1:06 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

#StickLife

― brimstead, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link

Stick is the Word, Stick is Lord

― brimstead, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link

I <3 BKF but yes that is a 'Warr" guitar

― sleeve, Friday, 25 July 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link

I, and the rest of the Chapman Stick community, awaits your apology shakey

― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 26 July 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link

I plead for mercy from the Stick

― Οὖτις, Saturday, 26 July 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link

Robbie Robertson, backed by Terry Bozzio and Tony "STICK!" "Levin, produced by Lanois:

What a weird song, what a weird mix of stuff that does not belong together:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze89N8Gc3sk

At least I think it is Stick, it's sometimes hard to tell with Levin.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 July 2014 03:58 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/tGpm4Sq.jpg

― doodle cock-up (electricsound), Saturday, 26 July 2014 05:01 (nine years ago) link

Anybody who uses that David Gilmour/The Edge multiplication delay trick in this day and age can gtfo

― MaresNest, Saturday, 26 July 2014 11:57 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AZzrxgYKL8

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link

Has this been posted? This is pretty useful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvuiAobq2_Y

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 July 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link

And this is actually pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYKB6Lag-wg

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 July 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link

five years pass...

Emmett Chapman invented a new way to make music in 1969. He called it "Free Hands", and in 1974 he began teaching it to new Stick players and guitarists interested in tapping. We offer a growing catalog of books, DVDs and CDs by experienced teachers, plus links to free online videos.

― buzza, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 05:46 (four years ago) link

http://stick.com/instruments/sb8/sb8.jpg

― buzza, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 05:48 (four years ago) link

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