Ray Ashley -- New CD is "Cinema Inferno" featuring ADG, organ, drums, oboe, flute and clarinet. Cost is $14.00 (postpaid). Debut CD is "Three Hour Detour" featuring Stick, violin and drums in styles ranging from Afropop to hard rock. Cost is $15.00 (postpaid). Also available is "Mostly Mono," a five song demo. Cost is $5.00 postpaid. Send payment in a check or money order to Ray Ashley, PO Box 223, Hopewell, NJ, 08525-0223, http://mars.superlink.net/~rayash/

Brian Baggett -- Debut CD "Warfare" is a solo Stick recording featuring Brian's percussive, bass-driven tunes. Cost is $15.00 postpaid to Brian Baggett, P.O. Box 2058 Abilene, TX 79604-2058, www.brianbaggett.com.

William Bajzek -- New CD is "Division Sign," ($12.00 postpaid). First CD "A Fine Day" ($8.00 postpaid). Both feature William on Warr Guitar accompanied by a variety of instruments. Send a check or money order to Wisdom of Acres, PO Box 1214, Madison, WI 53701-1214.

Dave Bunker - "The Magic of Touch" a solo cassette featuring the "Touch Guitar." Send $18.95 (plus $2.00 s/h) to Bunker Guitars, PO Box 12733, Mill Creek, WA 98082.

Thierry Carpentier-- "Thé de la Barone" features Thierry's Stick playing with vocals, harmonica and accordian. Contact: AFSTG, c/o Thierry Carpentier, 2 square de la Beauce, Apt 339, 77100, Meaux Beauval, France.

Marco Cerletti -- "Random and Providence," classic Stick CD, beautifully produced. A must have recording. Contact: Marco Cerletti, PO Box, CH-4104, Oberwil, Switzerland.

Bob Culbertson -- Solo CD "Cafe San Francisco," is a beautiful bluesy and mellow jazz recording. Other solo Stick CD's are "A Moment in Time" and "Season of Joy." Each $15.00, plus $2.00 s/h, tax included. Send check to Cub Records, 3058 S. Bascom Ave, Suite 200, San Jose, CA, 95124, http://www.stickmusic.com

Chris Cunningham -- "stories to play" is Chris's long-awaited solo release with him playing all types of guitars including Warr on "(you can) pull out the shank". CD is $12.00 postpaid from Lunchbox Recordings, PO Box 369, Ansonia Station, NYC, NY 10023, 212-714-8115, http://www.lunchboxrecordings.com.

Dave Denis -- "Oracular" CD features Stick with flute, drums and didgeridoo. New CD is "Volition and Deceptions." Price is $12.00 each (s/h included, CT residents add $0.70 tax per disc) to Oracular Music, PO Box 207, Norwich, CT, 06360, http://www.moonsite.com/oracular/

Léo Gosselin -- Debut CD "Border Crossing" is a solo Stick recording that's an eclectic mix of bluesy jazz, latin, new age and celtic styles. In North America send $18.00 for the CD or $12.00 for the cassette (prices postpaid, bank checks or money orders please, overseas add $4.00 shipping) to Léo Gosselin, PO Box 2153, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3C 3R5, fax 204-452-6869.

Steve Grant -- "Warr & Peace," a new instrumental contemporary jazz CD with Steve on Warr Guitar accompanied by sax, percussion and vocals. Price is $15.00 postpaid. Contact Steve Grant, RD2, Rosyth Rd, Waipu, Northland, New Zealand.

Jack Grassel-- Solo jazz guitar recording "Solo Burner" has a touchstyle version of "All Blues." New holiday CD is "Christmas Presence" ($15.00 postpaid). Contact Frozen Sky Records, PO Box 44205, West Allis, WI 53214.

Stefan Grobi-- Band is Watering Eye, first CD is "Mut." West Berlin Stick player Grobi joins with drums, percussion, cello, mandolin, piano, djembe and vocals to produce a mix of acoustic folk-rock-renaissance music. Contact Sensual Records, Krampnitzer Weg 26 b, Berlin, Germany. Phone 030-365-29-06, fax 030-365-86-08.

Trey Gunn -- New CD, "The Third Star" is the Warr Guitar debut! Trey's second CD on Discipline Records is a knockout. Also "1000 Years". Both from Discipline Records at 213-937-9058 or email Possible Productions.

Pascal Gutman -- "Cascades" CD features Pascal on Stick accompanied by percussion, saxes and keyboards. To order, contact: Corine Music, 26 rue Waldeck Rousseau, 91210, Draveil, France.

Steve Hahn -- Three CDs available, "Native American Music Meets The Chapman Stick," "sh" and "StickBurst". Cost is $16.00 postpaid per CD ($19.00 outside US). Contact: Steve Hahn, DeeP Chocolate Productions, 6152 Habitat Drive, Boulder, CO, 80301-5387, http://www.deepchocolate.com.

Steve Hayden -- New Jerseys only double-neck touch guitarist. Three CDs available, all in a contemporary classical music style. "Black Loam/Mash Variations," "Orchestral Music (Octet, Sonata N 3 for touch guitar and Mash alternates)" and "Black Loam Part Two". Any one CD is $13.00, all three for $25.00 (prices include s/h). Please mail a check or money order to Steve Hayden, 1330 Rt. 206 Suite 103, #318, Skillman, NJ 08558.

Colin Jenkinson -- "Experience Cloud" CD is a crab canon composition featuring Stick and trumpet. Ambient stylings. CDs are $15.00 plus 2.50 s/h. Send to Small Dog Records, 30831 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Suite 162, Westlake Village, CA 91362.

Daniel Kane -- New release "Shadows on the Sky" plus "On the Street Where You Live." These special musical experiences provide soothing and relaxed feelings. CD is $18.00, cassette $13.00 postpaid from SME, 2215 R. Market St, Suite 243, San Francisco, CA, 94114.

Katsu -- Debut solo Stick CD entitled "Katsu-Stick". Features original music and jazz standards. Also available is the Katsu-Stick video. CD and video are $15.00 each ($4.00 s/h, $8.00 s/h for both). Please mail a check or money order to Carifa Inc, # 501, 2-1-1, Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-0043, Japan, http://www.carifa.co.jp/katsu-stick/.

Brian Kenney-- Brian is Edgar Varese and Frank Zappa rolled into one! Check out his solo Stick demo recording "Implatical Leptitude." Contact: http://www.attitude.com/users/felix/

John Kiehne/SmokStik -- "Debut EP 'Bugs' contains seven songs that showcase this group's quirky and powerful sound." Go to http://www.supergodrecordings.com for ordering info.

Jim Lampi -- "Young Lions" is available from LampiMedia, 22 Langdon Park Road, London, England, N6 5 QG.

Jim Lampi -- New CD "Greasy" is grooving! It is available from LampiMedia, 22 Langdon Park Road, London, England, N6 5 QG.

Adam Levin -- Debut CD of "The Dark Aether Project." Instrumentation is Stick, loops, guitar and percussion. Send $14.99 postpaid to Of Sound Mind, Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, MD 21044, 301-497-6488, http://www.darkaether.net/

Tony Levin -- World Diary," "From the Caves of the Iron Mountain" and "B.L.U.E" CD's plus video "Tales from the Widow Jane Mine" are available from Papa Bear Records, PO Box 498, Woodstock, NY, 12498, 1-800-688-2227, http://www.papabear.com.

Olivier Malhomme -- "Store my Secrets" is avant-jazz-rock-free-space music with Stick, guitars, drums, synths, vocals and percussion. Cost is $5.00 postpaid from Olivier Malhomme, UMR 319/Groupe Parvovirus, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue Calmette, 59019 Lille cédex, France.

Sean Malone -- New CD "Cortlandt" is a great modern jazz recording with Sean on Stick and bass. Send $12.95 ($2. s/h, $4. outside US, CA residents add $0.95 tax per disc) to AudioImage Records, PO Box 4201, Davis, CA 95617, http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~veilmaya/cynic/

Colin Marston -- New CD is "Temporary Lulls in Productive Thinking," contemporary progressive rock and funk sounds using Warr, bass, guitar, samples, drums and synths. Also features Jim Speer on Stick. Full-length CD with high-quality musical content and good home production. CDs are $10.00 postpaid to Colin Marston, 209 S. 24th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Mavens -- Debut CD "To You" features Dale Ladouceur on Stick, bass and vocals along with guitar and drums. The Mavens are an art-rock trio with an earthy 60's sound. The music is wonderful. Contact: The Mavens, 11020-122 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5M 0B3, phone/fax (403)-453-1763, http://www.crowtown.com.

Ozone Quartet -- New CD is "Nocturne" with Wayne Leechford on Stick accompanied by electric violin, drums and guitar. Prog rock at its finest. First CD is "Fresh Blood." Send $12.00 each (plus $2.50 s/h, NC residents add 6% sales tax) to Flat Five Records, PO Box 28776, Raleigh, NC, 27611-8776, http://www.ozonequartet.com

Markus Reuter -- "Taster-Live in Cologne" with Markus doing "orchestral soundscaping" on a Warr Guitar. In Europe send $17.00 postpaid to Markus Reuter Management, c/o Peter Wassong, Lindenstr. 1, 50674 Cologne, Germany, (221) 23-71-71. In the USA send $16.50 postpaid to Wayside Music, PO Box 8427, Silver Spring, MD 20907. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mpeters/markus.htm.

Teed Rockwell -- New release "Music from the Ganges" (cassette) with Stick and tabla. New Age sounds "Moods of Light" (cassette) and "More Light" (CD & cassette). CD $17.50, cassettes $12.50, postpaid from Geist, PO Box 884611, San Francisco, CA, 94188.

Don Schiff -- New CD is "Timeless" featuring Stick with midi and percussion. Send a check or money order for $15.00 (add $2.50 s/h in the US and $3.50 s/h outside the US) to Raj Naik Entertainment Group, 1538 N. Vista Street #420, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Jim Speer -- New CD is "With Teeth" featuring a 5-piece fiddle/winds/frets/bass/drums lineup. Style is folk music " with teeth" as they say. "More Bad News" is a recording of traditional folk music from around the world. CDs are $15.00, cassettes are $10.00, s/h & tax is $2.00 for the first item ordered, $1.00 for each additional item. Make checks out to Helene Zisook. Mail to Clever Sheep, PO Box 331, Ardmore, PA 19003. See web site for info on other Cds - http://www.broadside.org/clever.sheep.html#be. Recordings available online via Amazon.com and Rockin' World.

SplendoRe -- New CD is"Guilty" featuring Italian Stick player Virna Splendore. Order by writing (or use email link) Dr. Carlo Bagnolo, IntÕl coordination, Via Romeo Romei, 15 00136, Roma, Italia, telephone 6-39-728-184, fax 6-39-728-215.

Barend Tromp -- Debut solo demo is "Sticks in Space", a cassette of seven spacey songs (five played on Stick). New tape by his band Darshan "Trapped in this Circle." Each are $8.00 to Barend Tromp, Graafschaphornelaan 47, 6021, XJ Budel, The Netherlands, http://www.cobweb.nl/mcoenen.

Larry Tuttle -- Three wonderful CDs from Larry's band FREEWAY PHILHARMONIC are available, "Freeway Philharmonic," "Car Tunes" and "Sonic Detour." To order, contact: Larry Tuttle, 6617 Gerald Ave, Van Nuys, CA, 91406.

Vince "Stikman" Warren -- Debut CD is "Sweet Toof," a solo performance featuring Stick with blues vocals.  To order please mail a check for $15.00 ($18.00 outside US, s/h included on both prices) to Vince Warren, 1030 35th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33704, www.stikman.iuma.com

Jim Wright -- "Jazz Hertics" features Jim on Warr Guitar and Stick with piano, saxophones, drums, vibes and flute. To order, send $15.00 (postpaid) to Jim Wright, PO Box 151, Tujunga, CA 91043-0151.

Attention touchstyle artists! If you wish to have your CD or tape listed on this page, just send me a review copy (so that I may describe it) and all ordering info (include price, s/h, postal/email/web addresses and tax if applicable). I'll be happy to list it and give you an email link so people may contact you directly. Mail CDs and tapes to: TouchStyle Publications, 24 Mill St, Suite 403, Paterson, NJ 07501.

Recordings available from retail stores

Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage -- "Momentum" (Mondo Congo Records) is a rocking trio recording. Http://www.batten.com

Dream Theater -- "Falling Into Infinity" (EastWest Records America) with John Myung on bass and Stick.

Graham Haynes and No Image -- "What Time It Be!" (Muse Records) with Marque Gilmore on Stick. Jazz-Funk music with saxes, guitar, piano, synthesizers, drums, percussion and bass.

Stuart Hamm -- Bassist Stuart Hamm mixes in touchstyle along with conventional bass techniques on "Radio Free Albemuth" and "Kings of Sleep" (Relativity Records).

Michael Hedges -- Acoustic guitar musician using all kinds of finger, hand and strumming techniques, including touchstyle. "Breakfast in the Field," "Aerial Boundries" and new CD "Oracle" (Windham Hill Records) are beautiful.

Danny Heines -- Finger and touch-style acoustic guitar music. Danny is joined by bass, percussion, vocals, keyboards, cello and more on "Vanishing Borders" (Silver Wave Records). Check your record store or write: Silver Wave Records, PO Box 7943, Boulder, CO, 80306, 1-800-Sil Wave.

Instant Guru -- "Behold the Glory" and "Live Guru," pop/rock duo featuring Dino Haak on Stick and vocals and Todd Gray on drums and vocals. Cds are available from amazon.com and your local record store.

Stanley Jordan -- There are many recordings by this master tapping guitarist. "Standards" and "Stolen Moments" (Blue Note) are just two wonderful CD's.

King Crimson -- Definitive Stick recordings with Tony Levin. Check out "Discipline," "Beat" and "Three of a Perfect Pair" (EG Records/Warner Bros.). Newer recordings "Vroom," "Thrak" and "B'Boom" (Discipline Global Music) have Tony Levin and/or Trey Gunn on Stick.

Kittyhawk -- "Kittyhawk" and "Race for the Oasis" (EMI) has Paul Edwards and Dan Bortz on Sticks. Also look for "Silent Night", Paul's Christmas album with mondo Stick tracks. I believe all these records are out of print, so if you see 'em, grab 'em! Ground-breaking recordings.

Billy McLaughlin -- All touchstyle acoustic guitar CD. "Fingerdance" (Narada) is a beautiful recording with guitar and percussion.

Michael Manring -- "Drastic Measures" (Windham Hill) has some solo bass tapping pieces, including a great touchstyle version of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."

Fergus Marsh -- Fergus in a trio setting using a midi-Stick on Bruce Cockburns "Live" (Cooking Vinyl); also "Stealing Fire" (A&M Records).

Jose Angel Navarro - "Miel" (label unknown) features Jose tapping on a classical guitar. Music is a mix of Cuban styles. Simply amazing, one of the best touchstyle musicians in the world!

Primus -- Hear bassist Les Claypool tapping on "Jerry was a Race Car Driver" from the "Sailing the Seas of Cheese" CD and also on "DMV" from the "Pork Soda" CD.

Preston Reed -- Preston is an amazing acoustic guitar touchstyle musician. Listen to "Metal" (Dusty Closet Records, 10061 Riverside Drive, #736, Toluca Lake, Ca, 91602) and be blown away!

Sylvian/Fripp -- "Damage" (Virgin) has great Stick work by Trey Gunn.

Sunday all over the World -- More great playing by Trey Gunn on "Kneeling At The Shrine..." (EG Records).

Tarace Boulba -- "À La Demande Générale" (Formidable/Julisa/WMD) is big-band jazz-funk with Ruffier Des Aimes on Stick. Available in record stores in Paris, France. Import availablity not known.

Jimmy Webster -- "Webster's Unabridged" is the first known touchstyle recording. Availability is unknown (try rare record dealers). Click here for my review of the recording.

Victor Wooten -- Debut solo bass CD, "A Show Of Hands" (Compass Records), says "four strings is plenty!" New CD is "What Did He Say?" Victor's music trancends techniques.

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