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Perfect!

Many thanks, and best to all for the Holidays.

- Bob Markison

Wow!! Wonderful, Mike. Many thanks. - Bob Markison

John Billings asked about Freddie Roulette's tuning.

I was lucky to spend some time with Freddie a few years ago at an informal gathering. He was playing A7#2, as listed by Andy Volk in Lap Stee ...

Kristen - Freddie Roulette - no picks ever, coated bar, no volume pedal, generous use of volume knob - here's a little youtube of him. - Bob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09FdHpqX1iA

Bill - Great music, great tuning! Thanks so much. Really swinging. - Bob

Joe - Here's very nice resource by Bruce Clarke of Australia:

The Hawaiian Hotshots Play-along
2CDs - One CD is tracks, and the second is scores and tab (.pdf form)

http://www.cumquatrecords.c ...

Nice to be back among those who love the beautiful sound of steel guitar. I agree also with George re: longevity of steel. I hope steel guitars go on and on. The clarinet is a hybrid of the chalumea ...

Hi all - haven't posted on this forum in a couple of years, but this thread caught my eye. I took up lap steel about 10 years ago to add onto a long life of clarinet and sax (and flugelhorn and valve ...

Pyro 05 from Cakewalk does the job. This is an inexpensive mp3 encoding program that also lets you make your own cell phone ring tones, upload them, then download them to your cell. The program can ...

Best wishes, Brad. Your site was the most powerful single inspiration I found when I began the steel adventure. Get well soon. - Bob Markison

Burr - Thanks! Bird was and is a profound influence. He brought absolute confidence to the art of improvisation. I've never heard a more certain improviser on any instrument. The freshness and phr ...

Blue Hawaii
Joy Spring
Bluesette
Body and Soul
Chega de Saudade

(Contrapunctus)

Nice thread. The way I see it, the "trajectory" of the jazz chord was initially an amalgam of blues dominant sevenths and Chopin and Liszt sevenths, 9ths, 11ths etc. Few will admit the debt jazz owe ...

oops - idiosyncratic

I suspect there will be further grist for the pop culturists' mills when they begin reading science books to supplement their viewing of aquatic cartoons. The definitive work covering non-human "odd ...

Indeed. Miles Davis and Charlie Parker (among other seasoned pioneers) considered vibrato to be an impediment to creative music making at any tempo. Dinah Shore's vibrato could shift the tectonic pl ...

David offers a nice concept - the demo-POD (could call it a "Gig-Lure"). The Mac v. PC battle will go on for a while. I'm 50/50 - office runs entirely by voice recognition (Dragon Naturally Speaking ...

Joey - thanks! It's about time Microsoft got more involved in protecting its vulnerable system - and the price is right. The descriptions are indeed the best so far. As always, I set a system resto ...

Jan - Nice! Keep up the good work. - Bob

Nice thread for a new year! As a 54 year old life long multi-instrumentalist (mostly jazz), I think the big musical game has always welcomed younger players with open arms. I played the other night ...

Howard - Excellent! Many thanks. I'm particularly pleased to find so many great lyrics. This forum is a true cornucopia. - Bob

Ebb - fabulous! I don't know if you have the Bluebird label "Artie Shaw: The Centennial Collection" - but it is a CD/DVD combo with a wonderful Shaw interview and live footage (including some of his ...

Artie Shaw was (for clarinetists lke me) the driving creative force behind swing music. He was a master of the full range of the instrument and refused to compromise his creativity by playing the sam ...

Gave up on the Museum of Modern Art years ago - but wondering if the Guggenheim can be turned into a spiral pickup and strung accordingly. Best to all for the Holidays.

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Topic: Chanukah Dobro!
Bob Markison Replies: 12 Views: 3330	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Dec 2009 8:44 am Subject: Chanukah Dobro!
Bob Markison Replies: 12 Views: 3330	Perfect! Many thanks, and best to all for the Holidays. - Bob Markison
Topic: Speedy West for 6 string lap steel video
Bob Markison Replies: 35 Views: 14139	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Jan 2009 9:04 am Subject: Speedy West for 6 string lap steel video
Bob Markison Replies: 35 Views: 14139	Wow!! Wonderful, Mike. Many thanks. - Bob Markison
Topic: anyone play without finger picks?
Bob Markison Replies: 31 Views: 21463	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:54 pm Subject: Freddie Roulette's tuning(s)
Bob Markison Replies: 31 Views: 21463	John Billings asked about Freddie Roulette's tuning. I was lucky to spend some time with Freddie a few years ago at an informal gathering. He was playing A7#2, as listed by Andy Volk in Lap Stee ...
Topic: anyone play without finger picks?
Bob Markison Replies: 31 Views: 21463	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Nov 2008 9:26 am Subject: Roulette - no picks (ever)
Bob Markison Replies: 31 Views: 21463	Kristen - Freddie Roulette - no picks ever, coated bar, no volume pedal, generous use of volume knob - here's a little youtube of him. - Bob http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09FdHpqX1iA
Topic: MP3 "Fly Me To The Moon" Swing/Jazz
Bob Markison Replies: 9 Views: 2212	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Nov 2008 9:00 am Subject: Extraordinary
Bob Markison Replies: 9 Views: 2212	Bill - Great music, great tuning! Thanks so much. Really swinging. - Bob
Topic: Tracks For Hawiian Music
Bob Markison Replies: 4 Views: 1344	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Aug 2007 8:44 pm Subject: Hawaiian play-alongs
Bob Markison Replies: 4 Views: 1344	Joe - Here's very nice resource by Bruce Clarke of Australia: The Hawaiian Hotshots Play-along 2CDs - One CD is tracks, and the second is scores and tab (.pdf form) http://www.cumquatrecords.c ...
Topic: Steel Guitar and Clarinet: bad combo?
Bob Markison Replies: 55 Views: 10079	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 May 2007 7:51 am Subject: Good combo, longevity of steel
Bob Markison Replies: 55 Views: 10079	Nice to be back among those who love the beautiful sound of steel guitar. I agree also with George re: longevity of steel. I hope steel guitars go on and on. The clarinet is a hybrid of the chalumea ...
Topic: Steel Guitar and Clarinet: bad combo?
Bob Markison Replies: 55 Views: 10079	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 May 2007 2:04 pm Subject: Good combo...
Bob Markison Replies: 55 Views: 10079	Hi all - haven't posted on this forum in a couple of years, but this thread caught my eye. I took up lap steel about 10 years ago to add onto a long life of clarinet and sax (and flugelhorn and valve ...
Topic: ringtones
Bob Markison Replies: 13 Views: 1764	Forum Section: Computers Posted: 4 Mar 2006 11:15 pm Subject: ringtones
Bob Markison Replies: 13 Views: 1764	Pyro 05 from Cakewalk does the job. This is an inexpensive mp3 encoding program that also lets you make your own cell phone ring tones, upload them, then download them to your cell. The program can ...
Topic: Good wishes for Brad Bechtel
Bob Markison Replies: 48 Views: 9582	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Apr 2005 8:05 pm Subject: Good wishes for Brad Bechtel
Bob Markison Replies: 48 Views: 9582	Best wishes, Brad. Your site was the most powerful single inspiration I found when I began the steel adventure. Get well soon. - Bob Markison
Topic: 50th anniversary of Charlie Parker's death!
Bob Markison Replies: 12 Views: 2225	Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Mar 2005 4:49 pm Subject: 50th anniversary of Charlie Parker's death!
Bob Markison Replies: 12 Views: 2225	Burr - Thanks! Bird was and is a profound influence. He brought absolute confidence to the art of improvisation. I've never heard a more certain improviser on any instrument. The freshness and phr ...
Topic: New Leavitt Tuning CD - suggestions needed
Bob Markison Replies: 24 Views: 3105	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2005 1:08 am Subject: New Leavitt Tuning CD - suggestions needed
Bob Markison Replies: 24 Views: 3105	Blue Hawaii Joy Spring Bluesette Body and Soul Chega de Saudade
Topic: Evolution of "jazz" chords
Bob Markison Replies: 17 Views: 1662	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Feb 2005 10:48 pm Subject: Evolution of "jazz" chords
Bob Markison Replies: 17 Views: 1662	(Contrapunctus)
Topic: Evolution of "jazz" chords
Bob Markison Replies: 17 Views: 1662	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Feb 2005 10:47 pm Subject: Evolution of "jazz" chords
Bob Markison Replies: 17 Views: 1662	Nice thread. The way I see it, the "trajectory" of the jazz chord was initially an amalgam of blues dominant sevenths and Chopin and Liszt sevenths, 9ths, 11ths etc. Few will admit the debt jazz owe ...
Topic: US right attacks SpongeBob video, BBC
Bob Markison Replies: 41 Views: 4333	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Jan 2005 11:53 pm Subject: US right attacks SpongeBob video, BBC
Bob Markison Replies: 41 Views: 4333	oops - idiosyncratic
Topic: US right attacks SpongeBob video, BBC
Bob Markison Replies: 41 Views: 4333	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Jan 2005 11:51 pm Subject: US right attacks SpongeBob video, BBC
Bob Markison Replies: 41 Views: 4333	I suspect there will be further grist for the pop culturists' mills when they begin reading science books to supplement their viewing of aquatic cartoons. The definitive work covering non-human "odd ...
Topic: Is Excessive Vibrato Patriotic?
Bob Markison Replies: 22 Views: 1848	Forum Section: Music Posted: 21 Jan 2005 7:36 am Subject: Is Excessive Vibrato Patriotic?
Bob Markison Replies: 22 Views: 1848	Indeed. Miles Davis and Charlie Parker (among other seasoned pioneers) considered vibrato to be an impediment to creative music making at any tempo. Dinah Shore's vibrato could shift the tectonic pl ...
Topic: new macintosh and iPod announcements
Bob Markison Replies: 19 Views: 2045	Forum Section: Computers Posted: 19 Jan 2005 9:23 am Subject: new macintosh and iPod announcements
Bob Markison Replies: 19 Views: 2045	David offers a nice concept - the demo-POD (could call it a "Gig-Lure"). The Mac v. PC battle will go on for a while. I'm 50/50 - office runs entirely by voice recognition (Dragon Naturally Speaking ...
Topic: New Anti-Spyware from Microsoft
Bob Markison Replies: 14 Views: 1948	Forum Section: Computers Posted: 18 Jan 2005 10:42 pm Subject: New Anti-Spyware from Microsoft
Bob Markison Replies: 14 Views: 1948	Joey - thanks! It's about time Microsoft got more involved in protecting its vulnerable system - and the price is right. The descriptions are indeed the best so far. As always, I set a system resto ...
Topic: Some jazz from a newbie
Bob Markison Replies: 18 Views: 3599	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 16 Jan 2005 6:28 pm Subject: Some jazz from a newbie
Bob Markison Replies: 18 Views: 3599	Jan - Nice! Keep up the good work. - Bob
Topic: Any Steelers in there 20's or younger?
Bob Markison Replies: 58 Views: 9256	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Jan 2005 11:55 am Subject: Any Steelers in there 20's or younger?
Bob Markison Replies: 58 Views: 9256	Nice thread for a new year! As a 54 year old life long multi-instrumentalist (mostly jazz), I think the big musical game has always welcomed younger players with open arms. I played the other night ...
Topic: Jazz & Blues chord/lyric site
Bob Markison Replies: 4 Views: 651	Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Jan 2005 8:35 pm Subject: Jazz & Blues chord/lyric site
Bob Markison Replies: 4 Views: 651	Howard - Excellent! Many thanks. I'm particularly pleased to find so many great lyrics. This forum is a true cornucopia. - Bob
Topic: Bandleader,Artie Shaw,@ 94 - R.I.P.
Bob Markison Replies: 13 Views: 1432	Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Jan 2005 8:22 am Subject: Bandleader,Artie Shaw,@ 94 - R.I.P.
Bob Markison Replies: 13 Views: 1432	Ebb - fabulous! I don't know if you have the Bluebird label "Artie Shaw: The Centennial Collection" - but it is a CD/DVD combo with a wonderful Shaw interview and live footage (including some of his ...
Topic: Bandleader,Artie Shaw,@ 94 - R.I.P.
Bob Markison Replies: 13 Views: 1432	Forum Section: Music Posted: 31 Dec 2004 2:41 pm Subject: Bandleader,Artie Shaw,@ 94 - R.I.P.
Bob Markison Replies: 13 Views: 1432	Artie Shaw was (for clarinetists lke me) the driving creative force behind swing music. He was a master of the full range of the instrument and refused to compromise his creativity by playing the sam ...
Topic: No Steel---No Deal
Bob Markison Replies: 11 Views: 1087	Forum Section: Music Posted: 25 Dec 2004 9:08 am Subject: No Steel---No Deal
Bob Markison Replies: 11 Views: 1087	Gave up on the Museum of Modern Art years ago - but wondering if the Guggenheim can be turned into a spiral pickup and strung accordingly. Best to all for the Holidays.