"Human Feelings" CD - Toshiaki Kanamaru strings all about: marrying the Stick's

all about: marrying the Stick's historically prog rock roles with its versatile applications in the pop-rock-folk-world-fusion mixes

creating rich song arrangements from the warm bass rhythms on up through adventurous chord progressions and melodic counter-themes

"The Butterfly" opens with a nice groove of Stick and Zendrum and is quickly joined by the Irish whistle and violin sharing melody duties with Gosselin's Stick

almost bagpipe-sounding counterpoint

dynamic nuances

"Human Feelings" CD - Toshiaki Kanamaru strings all about: marrying the Stick'sreview by Greg Howard Human Feelings is Japanese Stickist Toshiaki Kanamaru's second CD, and his first to feature both 10 string Stick and the new Alto Stick. I recently had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Toshiaki at a club in Japan. He's an engaging and entertaining live performer, and one of the few Stickists in Japan who's actively pursuing a full time music career. His performance was all solo, without accompaniment of any kind, so I had