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ChickWithaStick

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About Me

fine artist, graphic artist, graphic user interface designer, photographer, tech geek/aspiring musician, i play drums, hand percussion, bass guitar and Chapman Stick. . .badly, but i love it!i study and practice tantra and kama sutra.i live for music: listening, seeing, playing. . . . . .feeling, becoming. . . .

My Interests

music, Tantra, photography, visual design, illustration, digital media, yoga, aikido, laughter.

I'd like to meet:

you

Music:

fusion, jazz, world, blues, prog, trip, kirtan, ambient, rai, acid jazz, lounge, reggae, funk, trance, classical, folk, flamenco, indo-jazz fusion. . . . .Tony Levin (met), Greg Howard (met), Tuck & Patti (met), Victor Wooten, Bootsie Collins, Marcus Miller, California Guitar Trio (met 1), Tom Griesgraber (met), Dave Stringer, Donna Delory, Kaki King, Robert Fripp, Andy Summers, Sting, Jose Feliciano, Carlos Santana, Joe Pass, Paco de Lucia, Guillermo Cides (friend), Bob Culbertson, Virna Splendore, Lindsay Buckingham, Geddy Lee, Bill Laswell, Tool, Jaco Pastorius, Shawn Lane, James Blunt, DMB, Ikarus, Etta James, Buena Vista Social Club, Gorillaz, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne, Shhaolin Monks, Ravi Shankar, Sheila Atlas, Krishna Das, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Cheb Mami, Chaka Khan, Traffic, Weather Report, Dreggs, Yellow Jackets, Rush, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Jethro Tull, Andy Summers, Al DiMeola, Pat Metheney, Michael Hedges, Trey Donovan Drake, Helbourg & Vanayakram Brothers

Movies:

Apocalyspe Now, Full Metal Jacket, Ace Ventura, MIB, A Room With a View, Young Frankenstein, Matrix, Napoleon Dynamite, Underworld, Seven Years in Tibet, Hero, The Cube, Pi, Crouching Tiger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Garden State, Fire, Water, Earth

Television:

NCIS, Weeds, CSI, Big Love, The Office

Books:

Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, Kama Sutra, Always, Holidays in Hell, Hitchhiker's Guide, Carlos Castaneda, Bhagavad gita, Robert Fulghum, Umberto Ecco, The Elegant Universe

Heroes:

i have an initial reaction to the word 'hero', but here are some of my inspirations: Greg Howard, Tony Levin, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Jose Feliciano, Joe Pass, Paco deLucia, Hue & Cry, Kaki King, Tuck & Patti, Dave Stringer, Yes, Rush, Ozric Tentacles, King Crimson, Andy Summers, Robert Fripp, Tito Puente, Chen Mami, Krishna Das, Ikarus, Theivery Corporation, Buena Vista Social Club, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Hendrix, Weather Report, Dregs, Metheney, Steve Morse, Adrian Belew, Coltrane, Davis, Monk, Al DiMeola

My Blog

Acoustic Simulator from BOSS

pretty neat. . ...>...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:11:00 PST

Tuck Andress

i had the fortune to meet and talk with Tuck recently. . . . . .his hands are amazing. . . . .he will alwats be one of my main influences. . . . ...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:26:00 PST

Michael Hedges: Because it's There (harp guitar)

i will always love Michael. . . . . .he was a genius. . . ...>...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:16:00 PST

Kotaro Oshio: Fight

baritone guitar. . . . .and he funks it up like a bass. . . . ...>...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:36:00 PST

Michael Berk

great fingerstyle guitarist. . . ...>...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:25:00 PST

Michael CHapdelaine: California Dreaming

watch his face. . .his emotion reminds me of Michael Hedges. . . rip Michael. . . ... ..>...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:23:00 PST

Doyle Dykes: While My guitar Gently Weeps

sublime. . . ...>...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:19:00 PST

Tommy Emmanuel

why. . . .HOW have i never heard of him before. . . . . .holy shit this man blows me away. . . . . .just watch. . .http://youtube.com/watch?v=N7G7i6bIwm0&search=fingerstyle.. >...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:45:00 PST

small movie tracks

going to film and score a friend of mine. . . . .he spins poi and walks slack-line. . . . .with the right audio, something tribal/world. . . .savage and driving. . . . .it'll be alot of fun. . . . .
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Mon, 29 May 2006 10:37:00 PST

usurped?

Rob bounded into my office today and said he found a guitarist, a fellow IBMer. . . . . think he is lead, not sure what his genres are. . . . . i could work on rhythm on the Stick, but i am not sure w...
Posted by ChickWithaStick on Fri, 26 May 2006 06:26:00 PST