Motivational MIRC
OUR CALL for speakers at the looming MIRC event (you might have seen one or two mentions about it online or in the mag) brought some unexpected responses. Sadly, they weren’t from experienced MI retailers or suppliers but from kerrrazzy US motivation specialists and wacky lifestyle gurus. Dr Gloria Jo Floyd, for instance, has a CV as long as your arm and has worked with, among others, the Cartwheel Lodge Nursing Home, Ebony Women in Communication and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. I mean, obviously, that’s not the sort of thing we’re looking for at all. But, then again….
On the move
A COUPLE of moves in the trade this month. Audio veteran Vince Borrelli has joined Cadac Holdings in the newly created position of sales development manager. Borrelli is well known to the MI community, having previously worked for companies as diverse as Harman, Mackie, Sound Technology, Headstock and, most recently Stage Electrics. He brings, the Cadac announcement said, “a wealth of experience in the most competitive areas of the pro audio sector to the new position”. Meanwhile, Christian Poulsen has appointed himself as boss of DPA Microphones. CEO and shareholder Christian Poulsen has assumed the day-to-day management of DPA Inc, the Danish
MI ICON
IT MAY look like just a modified guitar fretboard, but the Chapman Stick, designed by jazz musician Emmett Chapman back in the 1970s, has been used on a surprising number of recordings over the years and has built an impressive list of high profile admirers. Notable long-term users have included Tony Levin of King Crimson, Dream Theater’s John Myung and former Weather Report bassist Alphonso Johnson. In fact, Levin was so fond of the
instrument that he once formed the band Stick Men, which was made up of just one drummer and two Stick players. Eight, ten and twelve-string
versions were introduced and perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Stick is the way you play it. Instead of plucking or strumming, the most common playing method involved tapping or fretting the strings, a technique favoured by Chapman himself.
The musician is required to use both hands to strike the strings against the fingerboard and this means the Stick can sound a lot more notes than most other stringed instruments. ‘Standard’ tuning involves tuning
the five bass strings upwards in fifths, leaving the low string in the middle of the fretboard. Similarly, the five melody strings are tuned upwards in fourths, again with the low string in the middle. Due to the Chapman Stick being a popular choice for more experimental musicians however, users commonly came up with their own tuning set ups. The Stick has come in many
different variations since its initial launch, but ironwood was the original material of choice for the construction. Ebony and other more luxurious woods were introduced in the ‘80s and the ‘90s were made with an injection-moulded polycarbonate resin.
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manufacturer’s US subsidiary, with immediate effect, putting himself in the place of the outgoing president and vice-president, Bruce and Joan Myers. Lastly, Yamaha Music UK has appointed Karl
Christmas to the role of senior manager of its Commercial Audio division. The newly created position sees Christmas adding to his existing responsibilities for the CA sales team, dealer partners and user support. Yamaha explained that he is to become more hands-on across the company's pan-European marketing activities, helping to maximise advertising and PR opportunities and driving more online communications (such as the recently launched Commercial Audio Europe Facebook page, which is proving popular).
Chapman Stick
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