ElektroProck on the Stick
Chapman Stick as an instrument is divided into two sides with different tunings. With this track I'm trying to reunite the sides by freely crossing over from one side of the instrument to the other. The sides are processed separately with identical effect chains, blending cleaner sound with the distorted. This allows to play distorted [...]
I started this song during the summer vacation on a laptop with, using a limited selection of plugins and a computer keyboard. Later during the fall at my home studio it kept growing and eventually I got to recording the Stick parts as well. The middle long-note melodies are the Stick with e-bow and additional [...]
I've always been drawn to rhythms that have you tapping your head with one hand and rubbing your belly with the other. Here's I'm doing just that with 5/8 in one hand and 6/8 in the other. With a little help from the delay for tremolo-tapping the 16ths. https://youtu.be/zaj4anvW0Tc
Had a go playing a riff from one of my favourite Slayer albums: Divine Intervention.I think this arrangement fits the Chapman Stick really well.Drums are made with Superior 3. https://youtu.be/_-sBCxdNgKY
Met up with Projektorn at an ancient hall, played, acted and shot everything for this video - KaarLeek: https://youtu.be/zQUazKCMM7k Projektorn is: Jaan Liinat – drums and electronic percussion Kristian Sülluste – keyboards Risto Sülluste – bass Kaspar Torn (me) – Chapman Stick You can listen to the long version of the song here: https://kaspartorn.bandcamp.com/track/kaarleek-2
Here it is finally, a video of me playing the Bear McCreary's Something Dark is Coming from the Battlestar Galactica TV series.There are so many great cues in the Battlestar Galactica series, but this has to be my favourite. Because of the music in the BSG, Bear McCreary became also one of my favourite, if [...]
I recently got hold of the audio tracks and video footage of our Projektorn Kullaaugu 2020 live.So as good way to look back to the wonderful festival, I edited a couple of videos for everybody to enjoy. https://youtu.be/D4GhgDfxb04 https://youtu.be/PHgunq7EsKU Video: Maris Tomba & Manivald Tamm
I have a YouTube channel now. Practicing my instrument takes a big part of my day, so when I decided to start making videos, it made sense to show exactly that. So you can expect to see videos of me playing sections of my pieces and exercises. Watch and subscribe