Interview 27-2-2005 before the European Stick Seminar in Holland in April
The Site of his band:Soma Scream Experience
1.Which Stick do you play ? - Polycarbonate, ten strings
2.What tuning do you use? - Standard tuning
3.Which gauge strings? - Light gauge
4.How long do you play Stick? - 5-6 months
5.Which other instruments do you play and how long?
- Trumpet (10-12 years), 5 String E-Bass (5 years)
6.If you would have to choose to 4 levels of playing in which 1=absolute
beginner 2=beginner but knows some music theory,play a simple song
3=intermediate 4=advanced , which number would you give yourself?
- something between 1 and 2, i guess more 2 than 1
7.Please give me also a number(1,2,3 or 4) of the level of knowledge/skill
of the next subject:
-Reading Staff Notation – i can read, but i don’t manage to transfer it
directly on the stick
-Reading Tablature 2
-Can you play major/minor chords? Yes
-In open and close harmony? 1
-Do you know all 7 modes/scales/chords ? 1 no
-Can you play chordprogressions? 1
-Can you play a song? Yes, a simple one
8.Do you play in a band or solo? - In a band
9.Which specific subjects would you like the teachers to concentrate on?
- I’d like to learn some jazz stuff. Walking bass with the left hand and
some chords and melody/solo in the right hand. I’d like to learn more about
music theory and its practical use
10.On Saturdaynight you can also play a few songs at the pubconcerts, would
you like to play a few songs as well?
- I don’t think so...
11.How's your sense of rhythm? 3 Can you read rhythm notation? yes
12.Which kind of music do you like?
- Jazz, fusion, progressive rock, psychedelic rock. everything with
interesting ideas and nice atmosphere
13.How did you discover the Stick?
-Saw a video of Trey Gunn Band (with Warr Guitar) and after some research
about tapping i found the Stick Page
14.What is your goal in music?
- have a lot of fun.
15.Do you eat meat/fish or are you vegetarian ?
(We?ve got to know this for our communal dinner)
- I like meat and fish
I'm really looking forward to this seminar and hope we'll have a lot of fun.
greetings,
Christian Plinke
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