1. Nick Beggs is known for modifying a Chapman Stick into a fully MIDI-capable instrument triggering MIDI from both bass and melody strings; he calls it the Virtual Stick.
13 Facts About Nick Beggs
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Nick Beggs recorded two albums with them: The Book of Kells and Beyond These Shores.
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Nick Beggs continued working with various artists and bands, including Gary Numan, Alphaville, Belinda Carlisle, Emma Bunton and Led Zeppelin's former bass player, John Paul Jones.
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In 1996, Nick Beggs met Howard Jones on a flight from the United States, and Jones invited Nick Beggs to tour as part of his band.
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Nick Beggs worked as a manager for Phonogram Records for eight months.
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Nick Beggs later became a contributor to various guitar publications, and he is a staff writer for Bass Guitar magazine.
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Nick Beggs is a patron of London-based guitar and bass school Guitar-X.
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Nick Beggs has recorded and released Stick Insect, The Maverick Helmsman, and The Darkness Inside Mens Hearts.
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Since 2011, Nick Beggs is a member of Steven Wilson's touring band, having played on Wilson's albums Grace For Drowning, The Raven That Refused to Sing, Hand.
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Nick Beggs became a member of the Belgian prog band Fish on Friday, starting the collaboration with their third album named Godspeed at the end of 2014, marking the starting point of a series of successful albums, along a decade: Quiet Life, Black Rain, and the most recent creation, 8mm.
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Nick Beggs contributed to John Mitchell's solo project Lonely Robot, which released the album Please Come Home in February 2015.
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In 2024, Nick Beggs temporarily replaced bass player Peter Trewavas of Marillion, who is unavailable after a medical procedure.
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Nick Beggs has been a vegetarian as of January 2016, due to his rejection of the livestock industry.