Haverstick's new CD

Haverstick's new CD has been wheeling around in the belly of my CD
player for a couple of weeks now, and it's my new favorite of his
work. So kudos to Neil who keeps right on at it and has slowly but
surely built a very, very impressive body of microtonal work; as a
micro guitarist, I think he's second only to Catler in terms of
contributing a body of work to the medium. Up until this new CD,
Acoustic Stick had remained my favorite of Neil's recordings. On
Stick Man, like Acoustic Stick, there's a sound and a color and a
pacing that runs through all the cuts, and I like that sense of unity
without a sense of sameness, but Stick Man has a little more bite in
the strange and micro content, and a loose, relaxed feeling that I'm
really liking more and more on repeated listenings. I should also
mention that after The Gate, Haverstick's recordings started to
develop a real strong aesthetic look as well, packaging,art,etc. And
while this wouldn't mean a hell of a lot if the music wasn't
there,it's part of the overall picture and contributes more than one
might imagine to the overall vibe that a work of art and an artist
gives off,and I just though I should mention that it in that context.
Great work Neil,you should be very proud.

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_anthony_stearns"
<daniel_anthony_stearns@y...> wrote:
>
> Haverstick's new CD has been wheeling around in the belly of my CD
> player for a couple of weeks now, and it's my new favorite of his
> work. So kudos to Neil who keeps right on at it and has slowly but
> surely built a very, very impressive body of microtonal work; as a
> micro guitarist, I think he's second only to Catler in terms of
> contributing a body of work to the medium. Up until this new CD,
> Acoustic Stick had remained my favorite of Neil's recordings. On
> Stick Man, like Acoustic Stick, there's a sound and a color and a
> pacing that runs through all the cuts, and I like that sense of unity
> without a sense of sameness, but Stick Man has a little more bite in
> the strange and micro content, and a loose, relaxed feeling that I'm
> really liking more and more on repeated listenings. I should also
> mention that after The Gate, Haverstick's recordings started to
> develop a real strong aesthetic look as well, packaging,art,etc. And
> while this wouldn't mean a hell of a lot if the music wasn't
> there,it's part of the overall picture and contributes more than one
> might imagine to the overall vibe that a work of art and an artist
> gives off,and I just though I should mention that it in that context.
> Great work Neil,you should be very proud.

I agree, Dan. Neil is really developing his voice. BTW, I have a piece
off his new album posted here:

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~jstarret/listenmp3.html

and Neil has given me permission to post another. Dan, which do you
think people should hear?

John Starrett

Dan (and Neil, who, dammit, I don't think is on this list...),

{you wrote...}
>Great work Neil,you should be very proud.

I'm awaiting shipment of mine from guitar9.com, but everything I've heard (clips) sounds strong. I'm also going to post notice in the next day or two of a fine young guitarist (fretless!) with his own label and some very innovative improvisatory ensembles.

Times are good for music, it seems!

Cheers,
Jon