Emmett Chapman explains the Chapman Stick

Inventor musician Emmett Chapman explains the creation and technique of the famous Chapman Stick touchboard instrument in a 2007 interview with Rocket Scientists producer / keyboardist Erik Norlander. This is an excerpt from the video, "An Afternoon with Emmett Chapman", taken from the 2007 Rocket Scientists - Looking Backward multimedia box set. Emmett is being interviewed by Rocket Scientists producer / keyboardist Erik Norlander and Stickist extraordinaire Don Schiff.

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"An Afternoon with Emmett Chapman"
from the 2007 multimedia box set (CDs and DVD)
Rocket Scientists - Looking Backward
(c)(p) 2007 Think Tank Media

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• chapman
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• rocket
• scientists
• norlander
• schiff
• progressive
• rock
• instrument

[Tiwaking]

It is amazing and makes a totally unreal sound.

[sandi739]

you would have to put a whole different idea in your mind for chords

[biggeorge77]

@Muzikman127 -Get one while Emmett is still around and producing them, have him sign it and go and meet the guy. I have one and it is a total mindfuck to play it. I thought I had the guitar figured out until I got my stick and all of a sudden you are playing 2 guitars, one is upside down with the wrong hand and the other is down-side-up with the other wrong hand. It's like trying to write a letter upside down with your left hand.

You MUST use both sides of your brain simultaneously to play one

[scarred2112]

I'll take the Maple 10-String with black hardware & Linear fret markers on Emmett's left (Stage Right), thanks. :-D

I've wanted a Stick since my early 20s (as of June '11 I'm 35)... I have no idea why I don't have one yet. Cost & Fear of Failure, most likely.

[WraithandGluttony2]

Hehe. he reminds me of steve jobs so much.

[TheChazinator101]

when i get one of these im going to take lessons from him if he has the time

[sillybilly972]

@zzsmartzz good song

[revtkatt]

You should be given a MacArthur genius grant.

Coming here from Fripp-ville.

Not only a beautiful looking and sounding instrument, players hands are also

beautiful when playing.

I'm an engineer, very generative-amusical, but I love this instrument and many players. I think EC is a god.

[countdumas]

@Muzikman127 Great holistic bands are---Melting Euphoria, Ozric Tentacles, Gong, Mother Gong, Acid Mother's Gong, Magma, Aphrodities Child, Jade Warrior, Steve Tibbetts, Patrick Bernard, Lost at Last, Larry Coryell, Shakti, Oregon, Kazumi Watanabe, Toninho Horta, Egberto Gismonti, Eat Static, System 7, Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Magma, Sphongle, Bill Laswell, Stomu Yamashta, Here and Now band, Steve Hillage.

[Hauntedkilla666]

I want to see buckethead play one of those.