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Topic: Chanukah Dobro! | |
Bob Markison Replies: 12 Views: 3343 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Dec 2009 8:44 am Subject: Chanukah Dobro! |
Perfect!
Many thanks, and best to all for the Holidays. - Bob Markison |
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Topic: Speedy West for 6 string lap steel video | |
Bob Markison Replies: 35 Views: 14217 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Jan 2009 9:04 am Subject: Speedy West for 6 string lap steel video |
Wow!! Wonderful, Mike. Many thanks. - Bob Markison | |
Topic: anyone play without finger picks? | |
Bob Markison Replies: 31 Views: 21549 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:54 pm Subject: Freddie Roulette's tuning(s) |
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 ... |
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Topic: anyone play without finger picks? | |
Bob Markison Replies: 31 Views: 21549 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Nov 2008 9:26 am Subject: Roulette - no picks (ever) |
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 |
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Topic: MP3 "Fly Me To The Moon" Swing/Jazz | |
Bob Markison Replies: 9 Views: 2216 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Nov 2008 9:00 am Subject: Extraordinary |
Bill - Great music, great tuning! Thanks so much. Really swinging. - Bob | |
Topic: Tracks For Hawiian Music | |
Bob Markison Replies: 4 Views: 1352 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Aug 2007 8:44 pm Subject: Hawaiian play-alongs |
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 ... |
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Topic: Steel Guitar and Clarinet: bad combo? | |
Bob Markison Replies: 55 Views: 10124 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 May 2007 7:51 am Subject: Good combo, longevity of steel |
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: 10124 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 May 2007 2:04 pm Subject: Good combo... |
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: 1776 |
Forum Section: Computers Posted: 4 Mar 2006 11:15 pm Subject: ringtones |
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: 9883 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Apr 2005 8:05 pm Subject: Good wishes for Brad Bechtel |
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: 2264 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Mar 2005 4:49 pm Subject: 50th anniversary of Charlie Parker's death! |
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: 3232 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2005 1:08 am Subject: New Leavitt Tuning CD - suggestions needed |
Blue Hawaii Joy Spring Bluesette Body and Soul Chega de Saudade |
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Topic: Evolution of "jazz" chords | |
Bob Markison Replies: 17 Views: 1700 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Feb 2005 10:48 pm Subject: Evolution of "jazz" chords |
(Contrapunctus) | |
Topic: Evolution of "jazz" chords | |
Bob Markison Replies: 17 Views: 1700 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Feb 2005 10:47 pm Subject: Evolution of "jazz" chords |
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: 4448 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Jan 2005 11:53 pm Subject: US right attacks SpongeBob video, BBC |
oops - idiosyncratic | |
Topic: US right attacks SpongeBob video, BBC | |
Bob Markison Replies: 41 Views: 4448 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Jan 2005 11:51 pm Subject: US right attacks SpongeBob video, BBC |
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: 1859 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 21 Jan 2005 7:36 am Subject: Is Excessive Vibrato Patriotic? |
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: 2062 |
Forum Section: Computers Posted: 19 Jan 2005 9:23 am Subject: new macintosh and iPod announcements |
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: 1965 |
Forum Section: Computers Posted: 18 Jan 2005 10:42 pm Subject: New Anti-Spyware from Microsoft |
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: 3622 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 16 Jan 2005 6:28 pm Subject: Some jazz from a newbie |
Jan - Nice! Keep up the good work. - Bob | |
Topic: Any Steelers in there 20's or younger? | |
Bob Markison Replies: 58 Views: 9305 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Jan 2005 11:55 am Subject: Any Steelers in there 20's or younger? |
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: 655 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Jan 2005 8:35 pm Subject: Jazz & Blues chord/lyric site |
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: 1452 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Jan 2005 8:22 am Subject: Bandleader,Artie Shaw,@ 94 - R.I.P. |
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: 1452 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 31 Dec 2004 2:41 pm Subject: Bandleader,Artie Shaw,@ 94 - R.I.P. |
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: 1094 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 25 Dec 2004 9:08 am Subject: No Steel---No Deal |
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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