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Polyjuan
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Joined: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:59 pm Posts: 84 Location: Davenport, FL
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What's your "style"?
Curious, what role do you play as a Stickist?
Are you mainly a soloist in the vein of Greg Howard, Bob Culbertson, Chris Crain, Randy Strom (I know he's a Warr guitarist, but he's using Emmett's method), Steve Adelson, Guillermo Cides, Emmett?
Perhaps you occupy more of a bassist's role like Tony Levin, Fergus Marsh, Trey Gunn with KC/TU/Trey Gunn Band (again, same method), Rich Little, Alphonso Johnson, etc?
Maybe you take on both the bass and rhythm spectrum in a band like, again Greg Howard with the Greg Howard Band, Don Schiff with...well, everybody, or even John Myung with Dream Theatre.
Solo singer/songwriter like Jim Kam or Dale Ladouceur.
I found that over time I felt more at home in the Levin/Marsh/Gunn camp with a little Don Schiff thrown in. Especially now since I mainly play the NS.
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waltschwarzkopf
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Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:31 am Posts: 416 Location: Zürich
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Re: What's your "style"?
When I got my first Stick I thought about playing both the melody and accompaniment part together, like a one-person band.
However, after playing (different sticks - tunings) for a while, and being asked to join a band as a bassist, I'm planning on leaving the bass behind and going Stickbass full-time.
So my answer would be, option 2: bassist role like Tony Levin!
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:29 am |
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Lee Vatip
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Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:06 am Posts: 3250
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Re: What's your "style"?
I play solo and in an ensemble much within the Steve Adelson approach. Bass, chords, melody, improvs, rhythm all integrated on The Stick, orchestrated within the calling of the musuc.
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:01 am |
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nashorn
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Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:31 am Posts: 482 Location: Freiburg, Germany
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Re: What's your "style"?
I have two roles in our band: I cover the bass parts with my left hand, and with my right hand I mostly play chords, like a keyboarder would play pads. Occasionally I play a melody or a solo with the right hand, but it's mostly accompaniment.
_________________ Johannes Korn, Maple 10-string (Stickup, Matched Reciprocal), Rosewood SG-12 (PASV-4, Matched reciprocal) https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/ http://soundcloud.com/jenko-nashorn
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:54 am |
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Alain
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Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:02 am Posts: 2594 Location: Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
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Re: What's your "style"?
Improvisation is so important to me...whatever I play...chords, melodies, rhythms, polychords, etc. I like to play what's going through my mind when I play...no limits at all. I never play a cover though...personal choice. Sometimes I explore what's called 12 tones series...completely free. It can looks like I play wrong but it's not the case...I always have an open mind and try to play the next note or chord just the way the situation is. But, mainly, polychords is my passion...to play a chord in my LH while it's completed by another one in my RH. It brings me to another level of harmonic comprehension. It's closer to a piano player mind let's say or the way I can think as a big band arranger...which I don't do anymore because it's so much work. But I was writing for big bands in the '80's.
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:52 am |
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DavidWS
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Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:54 am Posts: 1146 Location: North West Scotland
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Re: What's your "style"?
Alain wrote: Improvisation is so important to me...whatever I play...chords, melodies, rhythms, polychords, etc. I like to play what's going through my mind when I play...no limits at all. I never play a cover though...personal choice. I recently came across a term "pan-idiomatic improvisation", meaning "not within a fixed style". It's a concept that appeals greatly to me. Play to explore... ...which is a whole lot easier if what you are doing is solo improvisation (simply for my own interest & entertainment).
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:33 am |
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SteveS
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Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:07 pm Posts: 644 Location: Detroit
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Re: What's your "style"?
As someone who still has training wheels on his Stick, I shouldn't be answering this. But I spent years playing "ensemble" instruments – lead guitar, bass, drums. The draw for the Stick was largely due to the fact that for the first time I can actually develop a repertoire that doesn't require finding or building a "backing track" to fill in for the rest of the band. I'm a troll who lives in a cave, and don't socialize much so I've never had the opportunity to play in, or get invited to play with a band...
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:35 am |
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DavidWS
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Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:54 am Posts: 1146 Location: North West Scotland
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Re: What's your "style"?
SteveS wrote: I'm a troll who lives in a cave, and don't socialize much so I've never had the opportunity to play in, or get invited to play with a band... I go for the self description of "sociable hermit". )
_________________ David More Stickists than you can shake a Stick™ at? (a list) Bamboo 12 #7472 Stickup 7+5 Parallel 4ths (C#1 F#1 B1 E2 A2 G#1 C#2 F#2 B2 E3 A3 D4) Bamboo 12 #5826 PASV4 7+5 Parallel 4ths Graphite 10 2009 #5862 PASV4 Classic (For Sale)
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:31 pm |
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Brett Bottomley
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Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:01 am Posts: 1767 Location: North Haven, Connecticut USA
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Re: What's your "style"?
I mean I’m a “jazz guy” in the “jazz organ” tradition. I guess the lineage is Emmett, Frank Jolliffe, Steve Adelson…… but I don’t hold anyone personally responsible…. Ultimately it my fault
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:37 pm |
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Lee Vatip
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Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:06 am Posts: 3250
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Re: What's your "style"?
What is "jazz" anyway? Bird, Monk, Ellington, Trane, Wes, Django..... Then there's McLaughlin, Corea, Holdsworth, Metheny...... I prefer calling it "creative music" including some harmonic, melodic and rhythmic complexity with the opportunity to improvise variations on the compositional theme. I play compositions by the aforementioned legends of this music, but also use the same treatment on tunes by Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Tears for Fears, Led Zep, Jeff Beck etc. Creativity is the important element. Bebop, cool jazz, smooth jazz, fusion, swing, Samba, bossa etc are just labels. The Stick is the perfect vehicle for forward thinking sonic exploration. BTW.....there's a cool book called "The Great Jazz Guitarists" with 347 listings from Wes and Django to Metheny and Martino. I'm honored to be the lone Stick player covered in the book, so I guess I wear that Jazz player label proudly despite my verbiage. Steve A
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