lowland wrote on Mon, 20 December 2010 08:22 |
Silvertone wrote on Mon, 20 December 2010 13:28 | the only thing musical in my home besides my stereo is my Musicman Stingray bass, my Chapman Stick and a small Ampeg B12.
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OT: Can't be a lot of MEs with a Stick, I should think. When I used to record etc. I spent many happy days working with Nick Beggs - a fascinating instrument played by one of the funniest and nicest people you could hope to meet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Stick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Beggs
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I think I'm the only Stick playing mastering engineer. Levin loves coming to me for that reason. We've know each other since my touring days but I would never ask for his business until about 5 years ago... stupid me, I should have asked a long time ago... maybe I'd be mastering Peter Gabriel and King Crimson by now if I had.
I'm aware of Nick, what a fantastic Stick player... I only wish I was that good. Tough instrument and with my arthritis now I don't think I'll ever "master" that instrument... but been trying for 30 years!
Check out Levins last album called Stickmen... two Chapman Stick players and Pat Mastelotto on drums... they bow the stick and do things I've never heard done with one before. Just unbelievable stick playing from Daniel in the band. Makes Tony look like he just picked up the instrument.
I use to hate my commute when I lived in the Bay area... I was so tense by the time I got to the studio that I wanted to kill... of course this was after being shot at on the highway, which was kind of popular "thing" to do in California during the 80's!
I don't miss the commute at all and because I work by myself 95% of the time... I have plenty of quite introspective time to myself, too much in fact.
As my tech says when I get on the phone with him... "Larry, you could talk a dog off a meat truck"...