My life is a mix of musical and technological backgrounds, having studied both computer science and music (with a focus on combining the two). I'm originally from the Boston area, am a composer and developing Chapman Stick player. The Stick is an awesome "uber-instrument" developed by Emmett Chapman that has allowed me to incorporate many of the things I like about keyboard, guitar and bass (as well as techniques unique to the Stick) into my own playing style. I use a mirrored 4ths tuning, with the bass strings going from E to F and the melody strings from B to C.
Above are some recordings I did at home:
One Cloud, Conscious Stream and Noodle Soup are solo Chapman Stick compositions.
Mighty Wren is a rock piece with multi-tracked Stick and MIDI triggered drums.
Wond'ring Aloud is an arrangement of one of my favorite Jethro Tull acoustic tunes. The synth part in the second half is part of the solo performance, I developed a simple MAX/MSP software program that analyzes the bass note I'm playing and generates an appropriate major or minor synth chord whenever I press a pedal.
Feel free to visit my website for more music, both originals and some Jethro Tull Stick arrangements.
I also help develop audio plug-ins and virtual instruments for Wave Arts and Camel Audio.
Hi Rob, hope things are cool over there. I'm having a bit of a belated mid-life crisis and am following your example and doing a bit of open mike stuff, hence the new profile picture. Yes it's a bass ('65 Fender P-bass - a real antique!) but I don't think Jeff Schmidt will be troubled by any competition from me! Best wishes, Nick T.
I should know better than to stop by your page for a listen before I go somewhere, you make me late every time. Love the vids, let us know next time you're in DC. Maybe open a show for us in Alexandria sometime?
Hey Rob, thanks for the comments about our new album. That would be awesome to do a show together. I'm working on setting up some shows for the fall, so I'll keep you posted.
I told my lead guitarist about you and sent him the link to you, he also like your music. It's so calm and soft (and im an Death Metal drummer and doesn't listen to any other kind of music sorta so this is a huge compliment :) )
I really love your tunes. I found you on Youtube and was so hypnotized by the sweetness and the mellow sound. If you ever release a full CD i'll buy it!
Hey Rob, hope all is well with you bro. Keep up the tunes, and let me know when you have some new stuff in the works cause so far I've got everything from your website on my Zune, and I've got my friends listening to you as well.
