http://dovetailcomputing.com/music I'm learning the fabulous Chapman Stick and I'm blogging about the learning experience. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:50:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally finished my Stick amp. I took it with me to the Interlochen Chapman Stick Workshop, but it was clear very quickly that something was wrong with it. I had to finish it in a hurry before we left and I had wired up something wrong. It had no ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2009/09/07/my-grand-and-amp/ I must say, this is a bit intimidating: I just got the suite of applications named Logic Studio. This is a professional level suite from Apple that does audio recording and editing. Lots of the CDs we listen to have been done with this. I get an insane academic discount or I ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2009/07/08/whoa/ I've got the fever again! I'm thinking of ordering a new Chapman Stick. I already have an incredible Bamboo Grand 12-string that I just love. The new one I want is the SG12, 12-string Stick Guitar. It is a shorter scale instrument that doesn't have the low-end of a Grand ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2009/07/03/new-fever/ This was originally posted on the forum on stickist.com. I want it here too. This is my second Stick preamp project. This one has more to it than my first one. I have finished the first of three prototype DIY Stick Preamps. This one is based on this circuit from Jack Orman. ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2008/08/10/diy-mosfet-booster/ I got new headphones for my birthday. They are a set of Sony MDR-7506s and they are great. Here's a picture of them: !http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/215/MDR7506.jpg! I haven't had new headphones for decades and my old ones are falling apart. I had no idea that headphone technology had advanced this much. I play my ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2008/02/05/new-headphones/ This entry was originally posted on the stickist.com forum in October 2007. Late December of 2007 the site had a catastrophic hardware failure and all forum posts from five years were lost. I found my post on Google and here it is again. h3. My DIY Stick Preamp I have finally taken ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2007/12/24/diy-stick-preamp/ I have put the final version of my transcription of the Gymnodedie No. 1 by Erik Satie on my "Arrangements":/music/arrangements page. Let me know what you think http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2007/12/17/final-version-of-gymnodedie-no-1-by-erik-satie/ There was a great thread on "stickist.com":http://stickist.com about virtual performances that others could critique. Since most of us new Stick players don't have teachers this sounds like a great way to help each other. If we do this more often we hope that the more experienced guys will comment, too. So, ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2007/12/17/my-first-youtube-video/ Hello, I have completed the second page of my arrangement of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 for Chapman Stick. This is the main body of the piece. What I have left are the 1st and 2nd endings. I'm getting closer on this learning experience. I have learned a huge amount about ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2007/06/24/second-page/ Hi, all. I have finished the first page of my first Stick arrangement. It is the Gymnopedie #1 by Erik Satie and I am really enjoying playing it and transcribing it. Here is the download link. h2. Update I have made some corrections and uploaded version 0.2.2a I would really love to get comments ... http://dovetailcomputing.com/music/2007/06/13/first-page-arrangement/