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.

congrats to Neil on the nice "Stick Man" review in the latest Guitar
Player mag. Also check Neil's new Cd of nylon string improvised duets
with guitarist Barry Wedgle on Exit Records in a classic ECM chamber-
jazz style (but be warned,it's a 12-tet recording).

--- In tuning@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.