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Topic: If someone had told me.... |
Tommy Gibbons
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 8:37 pm |
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I know this leaves room for a good punch-line, but, I think this would help some of us become better players.
What's your advice for the beginner to intermediate level player?
Fill in the blank:
Other than practice, I would have been a better steel player early-on and learned quicker if someone had told me to ____________________ .
Thanks for responding!!! Tommy
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 9:33 pm
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If you don't already do this. FIND A BAND AND PLAY LIVE. A weekend on the bandstand is worth more than a month in the woodshed. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 10:21 pm
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| maybe "sit out more often"~ always try to leave them a little bit hungry- not stuffed. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 11:39 pm on the FORUM, I've been known to be wrong before...........
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What I'm about to share with you.......is not to suggest that anyone of you should try to 'copy' a particular style but...........
By picking a single steel guitarist to study under, and then to make it an obsession for 3-6 months, until you figure you've picked his/her mind completely dry of "WHY DID HE PLAY THIS?"; or, "WHY DID HE PLAY THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR PLACE?".........can get you on the right track. If you took from an individual teacher, you'd likely be with that person for atleast one year, possibly 2 or 3. Don't get in a hurry to set the world on fire.
Someone like Don Helms would be simple enough to start with. Then move up to a more technical player.
Listen in particular to the background fills. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge to be gained there.
Don't copy the style but attempt to UNDERSTAND the style. By doing this you'll also learn more about your own guitar.
Too many different artists and styles to attempt to learn from all of them at once is a bit too much. |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 8 Dec 2009 3:18 am play with
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play with players that are better
then you if you can
thats what Paul Franklin told me
at knoxville tn jam about 20 years ago
hey it works Mike  |
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Pete Conklin
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 8 Dec 2009 11:11 am
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| Great post Ray!! That sounds like something I can sink my teeth into. |
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