[sdiy] Francesco Lupica & The Cosmic Beam

[Tim Parkhurst]

On 8/19/05, Matt Simpson <mr.threv at gmail.com> wrote:
> downtime at work, so I figured i'd regale the list w/a somewhat nifty story.
> 
<snip>
> she caught up w/him last night.  turns out his instrument, the Cosmic
> Beam, isn't what i thought it was:
> 
> http://www.virtualvenice.info/music/francisco.htm
> "Inside the tent was a guy playing a very long metal beam, like a
> steel I-bar, with a few piano type strings stretched from end to end.
> He had it hooked up with an electronic pickup, so it could be
> amplified and use echoplex effects. In one hand he held a thick metal
> cylinder, like a giant version of the one steel guitar players use.
> With the other hand he plucked, stroked, bowed and hammered on the
> strings while moving the bar. The harmonics and textural magic from
> this instrument, which literally moved through your body, was so
> incredible people would stay for hours..........John Beal"
> <snip>

Wow, I've hear stories of this beast also. I remember being awed by
the "V'ger" sound in the first Star Trek film. Of course, when you
meet the guy, you have to ask two questions. 1-Has he tried processing
it through synth modules? (envelope follower, couple of VCFs maybe a
Moog and a Steiner, etc) and 2-Where is the MIDI output? ;)

Have fun with that, and congrats at doing what sounds like a VERY good
job on "spouse gating." Or at least preliminary spouse gating.


Tim (don't know if I'm awed or if I'm odd) Servo
-- 
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein